Senior ML Engineer aiming for RL research in ~1.5 years — roadmap, DSA prep, and time management?
Hi everyone, I’m a Senior Machine Learning Engineer planning a focused transition into Reinforcement Learning research over the next 12–18 months, and I’d really value advice from people who’ve done this alongside full-time work. Background (brief): • B.Tech + M.Tech (strong math/PDEs) • ~2+ years in ML/DS (forecasting, optimization, CNNs) • Currently building LLM-based agents & multi-agent systems in fintech (orchestration, tools, OpenAI/Anthropic, knowledge graphs),via AI automation I’m comfortable with Python, PyTorch, probability, linear algebra, and optimization. Why […]