Hi, I'm a Phd student in Machine learning. I work on Neural networks optimization using evolutionary algorithms and i code in C++. Is it enough to find a job?
A job, yes.<p>Your dream job, maybe not.<p>You don't say where you live... or whether you have any internships under your belt.<p>Some hiring managers at tech companies (especially early stage ones, say sub 200 employees) look down upon new PhD's as being too academic and lacking in commercial experience.<p>Do you have any Python experience?
My advice: try. Always try.<p>Finding a job is a matter of chance.<p>I know many people who just sit and think "I'm not ready yet, I have to read N more books, I have to grok data structures, I have to grok algorithms, I have to learn OO, FP etc. Soon I'll be ready for Google.".
And they just sit, read books and so on.<p>You never find a job this way (in my opinion).
Just do small steps: find any job (or internship), gain some experience. If you get bored - find next job. And so on.<p>After several steps you notice that you get higher and higher, you have some serious experience, your CV gets longer etc.<p>You lose nothing if you fail an interview.
But gain a lot: you know gaps in your knowledge, you know what questions are being asked, you become more confident.<p>Don't be shy, don't underestimate your abilities and just give a try.
Probably, but you should pick some problems and make interesting demonstrations of your ability as a calling card. People in the commercial world are attracted by results more than by potential; the results need not be that interesting in academic terms if they are novel in product terms.