If he wants to do ML research, why doesn’t he want to do a PhD program? I dont think you can get both: if you do research, there is less focus on making operati

If he wants to do ML research, why doesn’t he want to do a PhD program? I dont think you can get both: if you do research, there is less focus on making operational software. If you make operational software, there is less focus on doing research. Find out what you really want to do, and go with that.