Much of the challenge in machine learning engineering is fitting the complexity into your head. Best way to approach is with great patience & a desire to dig into any detail.
Machine learning engineering is primarily about patience, attention to detail, and thinking deeply about small things. The day-to-day can be quite tedious & frustrating — but the results of proper execution make it worth it.
Extrapolating the spectacular performance of GPT3 into the future suggests that the answer to life, the universe and everything is just 4.398 trillion parameters.