Really cool and interesting. Looks like deep learning and AI is going to make some significant strides in the tech industry. I read somewhere that there is still a lack of professionals to expedite the adoption in the wild. What additional skills are required by your regular full stack software engineer to be useful for a deep learning company? I know there are courses out there but I am not sure if they are too academic. Are there specific technologies that one should be playing with?
It varies. Sometimes it's just understanding enough about data to build data products. (Eg: a website with a recommendation engine component)
Knowing data visualization can also be useful.
Most deep learning companies focus on a particular application.
FWIW I'm actually self taught. I did client projects and learned machine learning on my own.
You could start by branching in to data engineering and understanding how data pipelines work. That's closer to the skills a full stack developer is likely to have.
