An attempt of escaping academia at 30+ /u/crazy_whippet CSCQ protests reddit

Hi,

I am not sure if this is allowed here, I am really just a bit desperate and looking for advice/opinion.

I mostly worked in academia and want to switch to data science in private sector in UK (or remote anywhere), but struggling to find a job in the field and start thinking it is due to me being hopeless.

So I am 34F, PhD in CS ( top10 UK uni), masters in maths in Russia (not as good uni though). My PhD was in computer vision with some data analysis and deep learning.

I worked in academia as a researcher (computer vision) and lecturing (maths,ds). Sometimes we collaborated with businesses.

I feel rather confident in python, ok with R, SQL, aws, have good knowledge in statistics, data analysis and machine learning. I also teach charltgpt courses as a volunteer.

I am applying for jobs (mostly via linkedin) but unfortunately not much has come up (applied for about 25, all that I thought I would fit into) and I only had one interview for a junior position that didn’t go forward as they needed someone with more relevant experience.

So my questions really are:

1. Is it even possible with my initial conditions to do it?
2. If it is, what can I do to make myself a more desirable employee?
3. Are there any other roles that I can look into apart from DS that I am overlooking?
4. Does it make sense to lower my expectations and just start looking for internships?

Thank you all

Hi,

I am not sure if this is allowed here, I am really just a bit desperate and looking for advice/opinion.

I mostly worked in academia and want to switch to data science in private sector in UK (or remote anywhere), but struggling to find a job in the field and start thinking it is due to me being hopeless.

So I am 34F, PhD in CS ( top10 UK uni), masters in maths in Russia (not as good uni though). My PhD was in computer vision with some data analysis and deep learning.

I worked in academia as a researcher (computer vision) and lecturing (maths,ds). Sometimes we collaborated with businesses.

I feel rather confident in python, ok with R, SQL, aws, have good knowledge in statistics, data analysis and machine learning. I also teach charltgpt courses as a volunteer.

I am applying for jobs (mostly via linkedin) but unfortunately not much has come up (applied for about 25, all that I thought I would fit into) and I only had one interview for a junior position that didn’t go forward as they needed someone with more relevant experience.

So my questions really are:

1. Is it even possible with my initial conditions to do it?
2. If it is, what can I do to make myself a more desirable employee?
3. Are there any other roles that I can look into apart from DS that I am overlooking?
4. Does it make sense to lower my expectations and just start looking for internships?

Thank you all