"Proficient in Machine Learning" is a Must-Have on Your Resume

Training an algorithm to predict future outcomes, using a PCA algorithm to uncover clients' personality traits, uploading a corpus of text to extract sentiment and grouping 650 000 lines of CRM and weblog data to cluster clients with machine learning all sounded like unreachable rocket science to me a while ago. Now I do it as easily as I use Excel or Illustrator. They are my new secret weapons. In 5 years "proficient in machine learning" will be a must-have on any manager's resume (just like project management or strategic thinking/analytical thinking is today). Harvard Business Review says "The most important general-purpose technology of our era is artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning (ML). But for now it's still a rare skill, a strong competitive advantage that only early adopters hold. And this might surprise you, but it's already within arm's reach. It's changed my brain a bit. As our lead data scientist Bernardo Nunes puts it…I've invested in a "growth ...