I never finished college. I also never let what was written job descriptions stop me from applying for a job that I wanted. I'm sure that the denials I have received have been all because of my own lack of performance during the interview.
I believe strongly in the whole "If there is a will, there is a way." If you get denied for one interview and you really want the job, you should try again at a later date. Find out what caused you to fail, fix it, and come back stronger.
I'm guessing that the number of people on the planet who've been hands-on in building large scale physical GPU infrastructure are in the low thousands. It isn't some huge field. We, as an industry, need people who really want to do this stuff, and can learn it quickly.
ProTip: you don't need experience with GPUs. I had zero when I started deploying 150,000 of them. What I had was an innate ability to figure shit out based on my other experiences, and that is what got me hired in the first place. I took ownership over the project and made it happen, no matter what it took. That's what people are looking for. Be a doer, not a talker.
- obligatory “Senior” in title
- requires 3-5 years of building physical GPU infrastructure