Ask HN: I'm lost, can you point me in the right direction?

1 points by bioboy 9 years ago | 4 comments

I'm in the middle of switching fields. I graduated two years ago with an undergrad degree in bio, but found myself working on computer vision and machine learning problems (self taught with opencv and scikit learn). I saw the potential of where artificial intelligence is going in healthcare, but I can't seem to find "my people." No one around me seems to really share my view that we can lower error to that of a human or better.

Where do I go from here? I'm lost. I'm working in healthcare, and medical research.

tigarcia 9 years ago |

There are lots of people that are very passionate about machine learning and artificial intelligence. I would say try to find a meetup group near by (meetup.com). If your area isn't really a tech hub, I'm sure there is a near by University with a computer science department. You could always try to talk to a professor there that is doing similar research.

angersock 9 years ago |

Get out of healthcare, it's a dead-end field for software and just full of sadness and bullshit. The only place potentially worse is game development, but at least there you have the chance of becoming a great programmer.

sharemywin 9 years ago |

https://www.ted.com/speakers/jeremy_howard

bioboy 9 years ago | |

I actually applied to Enlitic, they sent me an email saying they had already moved forward with the hiring process with other candidates. That was about a year ago; I should check back...