[D] Path from Machine Learning Engineer to R&D ML?

Can you share your experience in transitioning from MLE to R&D ML? I am more interested in doing the research side but I don't have a PhD. I'm finishing up my Masters in CS(heavy-focus on ML) and will pursue a PhD if needed. I started as a data scientist(creating ML models for various domains) with 4 years of experience. In my previous job I had the chance to work on some MLOps projects. I also moved from data science to …

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