Chad ML Engineer vs Virgin DB Engineer

Has taken 1 online class Makes $150K+ Calls themselves a scientist Calls mistakes “regularization” Writes queries for PM on demand Makes $80K Copy paste new algorithms, gets DB engineer to do rest of work Manages the same pipelines for years Says I’m not an ML expert, knows more ML than ML engineer Procrastinates all day reading papers Woken up in middle of night when data is missing Chad ML Engineer Virgin DB Engineer

The meme contrasts a muscular “Chad ML Engineer” with a timid “Virgin DB Engineer.” The joke mocks an overconfident machine-learning engineer who has taken only one online class, earns more, and delegates database work, while the experienced database engineer quietly maintains the same pipelines and handles emergencies. It is used as a humorous reaction to exaggerated ML hype and the undervaluing of practical database work.

• @profunctor_io / 4785 2020-06-18