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kDimensions Being self-employed Visual engineering Constrain yourself to get creative Coming up with ideas Visualising difficult concepts The process of creating visuals Creating visuals Learning to create visuals for engineers Consuming with intention to create Learning by breaking code Earning with visuals Adding visuals to blog posts Meor’s book: visual introduction to deep learning

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A Visual Introduction to Deep Learning by Meor Amer: https://gumroad.com/a/63231091 kDimensions website: https://kdimensions.com/ Book to learn about Figma: https://figmabook.com/ Jack Butcher's approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azhqc4K-GAE 

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Juan Pablo's Backround Data engineering resources Teaching calculus Transitioning to Analytics Data Analytics bootcamp Getting money while studying Going to meetups to get a job Looking for uncrowded doors Using LinkedIn Portfolio Talking to people on meetups Eight tips to get your first analytics job Consider contracts and temporary roles Getting experience with non-profits Create your own internship Networking Website for hosting a portfolio I’m a math teacher. What should I learn first? Analytics engineering Best suggestion: keep showing up Networking on online conferences Communication skills and being organized

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Website: https://www.thatjuanpablo.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatjuanpablo BROKE teacher to FAANG engineer Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/thatjuanpablo/status/1475806246317875203 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatjuanpablo/

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Ellen’s background Why Ellen switched from data science to data engineering The overlap between data science and data engineering Skills to learn and improve for data engineering Ways to pick up and improve skills (advice for making the transition) What makes a data engineering course “good” Languages to know for data engineering The easiest part of transitioning into data engineering The hardest part of transitioning into data engineering Common data engineering team distributions People who are both data scientists and data engineers Pet projects and other ways to pick up development skills Dealing with cloud processing costs (alerts, billing reports, trial periods) Advice for getting into entry level positions Which cloud platform should data engineers learn?

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellen_koenig LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenkoenig/

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Rahul’s background What do data engineering managers do and why do we need them? Balancing engineering and management Rahul’s transition into data engineering management The importance of updating your skill set Planning the transition to manager and other challenges Setting expectations for the team and measuring success Data reconciliation GDPR compliance Data modeling for Big Data Advice for people transitioning into data engineering management Staying on top of trends and enabling team members The qualities of a good data engineering team The qualities of a good data engineer candidate (interview advice) The difference between having knowledge and stuffing a CV with buzzwords Advice for students and fresh graduates An overview of an end-to-end data engineering process

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Jakob’s background The importance of A/B tests Statistical noise A/B test example A/B tests vs expert opinion Traffic splitting, A/A tests, and designing experiments Noisy vs stable metrics – test duration and business cycles Z-tests, T-tests, and time series A/B test crash course advice Frequentist approach vs Bayesian approach A/B/C/D tests Pizza dough

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Jakob's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakob-graff-a6113a3a/ Product Analyst role at Inkitt: https://jobs.lever.co/inkitt/d2b0427a-f37f-4002-975d-28bd60b56d70

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Valerii’s background Who goes through an ML system design interview System design VS ML System design Preparing for ML system design interviews Machine learning project checklist The importance of defining a goal and ways of measuring it What to do after you set a goal Typical components of an ML system Applying ML systems to real-world problems System design and coding in interviews for new graduates Humans in the validation of model performance

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Valerii's telegram channel (in Russian): t.me/cryptovalerii

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Lindsay’s background Spiced Academy Career coaching role Reframing your experience Helping with career problems Finding what interests you Tailoring a CV and “spray and pray” Career coaching outside a bootcamp Imposter syndrome After bootcamp Internships Working with recruiters Networking on LinkedIn

Links:

Lindsay's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-mcquade/ Impostor questionnaire: http://impostortest.nickol.as/

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Greg’s background Responsibilities of Data Product Manager Understanding customer journey Interviewing business partners and decision-makers Products sense, product mindset, and product roadmap Working backwards Driving the roadmap Building a roadmap in Excel Measuring success Advice for teams that don’t have a product manager

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Greg's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-coquillo/

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Alicja’s background The hiring process Sourcing and recruiting Managing expectations Making the job description attractive Selecting profiles during sourcing Profile keywords The importance of a Master’s vs a Bachelor’s degree vs a PhD Improving CV Interview with the recruiter Salary expectations Advice for “career changers” Cover letters Data analysts Double Bachelor’s degrees The most difficult part of hiring Coursera courses on the CV Making a good impression on recruiters

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Alexey’s background Being a principal data scientist DataTalks.Club The beginning and growth of DataTalks.Club Sustaining the pace Types of talks Popular and favorite talks Making DataTalks.Club self-sufficient Alexey’s book and course Advice for people starting in data science and staying motivated Not keeping up to date with new tools Staying productive Learning technical subjects and keeping notes Inspiration and idea generation for DataTalks.Club

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https://eugeneyan.com/writing/informal-mentors-alexey-grigorev/ 

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We don't have a new episode this week, but we have an amazing conversation with Sejal Vaidya from August

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Sejal's background Why transitioning to ML engineering Three phases of development of a project Why data engineers should get involved in ML Technologies Tips for people who want to transition Soft skills and understanding requirements Helpful resources

Resources:

ML checklist (https://twolodzko.github.io/ml-checklist.html) Machine Learning Bookcamp (https://mlbookcamp.com/) Made with ML course (https://madewithml.com) Full-stack deep learning (https://fullstackdeeplearning.com) Newsletters: mlinproduction, huyenchip.com, jeremyjordan.me, mihaileric.com Sejal's "Production ML" twitter list (https://twitter.com/i/lists/1212819218959351809)

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Mariano’s background Typical day of a manager Becoming a manager Preparing for the transition Balancing projects and assumptions Search and recommendations Dealing with unfamiliar domains Structuring projects Connecting product and data science Rules of Machine Learning CRISP-DM and deployment Giving feedback Dealing with people leaving the team Doing technical work as a manager Dealing with bad hires Keeping up with the industry

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Ivan’s role at Personio Ivan’s background Studying technical management Managing a software team NLP teams NLP engineers Becoming an NLP engineer Computer vision NLP engineer vs ML engineer Conversational designers Linguistics outside of chatbots When does a team need an NLP engineer or a linguist? The future of NLP NLP pipelines GPT-3 Problems of GPT-3 Does GPT-3 make everything obsolete? What NLP actually is? Does NLP solve problems better than humans? State of language translation NLP Pandect

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https://github.com/ivan-bilan/The-NLP-Pandect https://github.com/ivan-bilan/The-Engineering-Manager-Pandect https://github.com/ivan-bilan/The-Microservices-Pandect Ivan's presentation about NLP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRur3xey31s

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Geo’s background Technical Product Manager Building ML platform Working on internal projects Prioritizing the backlog Defining the problems Observability metrics Avoiding jumping into “solution mode” Breaking down the problem Important skills for product managers The importance of a technical background Data Lead vs Staff Data Scientist vs Data PM Approvals and rollout Engineering/platform teams Data scientists’ role in the engineering team Scrum and Agile in data science Transitioning from Data Scientist to Technical PM Books to read for the transition Transitioning for non-technical people Doing user research Quality assurance in ML Advice for supporting an ML team as a Scrum master

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Geo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geojolly/ Product School community: https://productschool.com/ http://theleanstartup.com/  Netflix CPO Medium blog: https://gibsonbiddle.medium.com/ Glovo is hiring: https://jobs.glovoapp.com/en/?d=4040726002

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CJ’s background Evolutionary biology Learning machine learning Learning on the job and being honest with what you don’t know Convincing that you will be useful CJ’s first interview Transitioning to industry Tailoring your CV Data science courses Moving to Berlin Being selective vs ‘spray and pray’ Moving on to new jobs Plan for transitioning to industry Requirements for getting hired Publications, portfolios and pet projects Adjusting to industry Bad habits from academia Topics with long-term value CJ’s textbook

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CJ's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-jenkins/ Positions for master students: one two

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Eleni’s background Spatial data analytics Responsibilities of a postdoc Publishing papers Best places for data management papers Differences between postdoc and PhD Helping students become successful Research at the DIMA group Identifying important research directions Reviewing papers Underrated topics in data management Research in data cleaning Collaborating with others Choosing the field for Master’s students Choosing the topic for a Master thesis Should I do a PhD? Promoting computer science to female students

Links:

https://www.user.tu-berlin.de/tzirita/

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Sara’s background Product designer’s responsibilities Data product manager’s responsibilities Planning with the team Design thinking and product design Data PMs vs regular PMs Skill requirements for Data PMs Going from a product designer to a data product manager Case studies Resources for learning about product management Data PM’s biggest challenge Multitasking and context switching Insights from user interviews Using new, unfamiliar tools Documentation Idea generation Do Data PMs need to know ML?

Links:

Product Management Courses: https://www.lennyrachitsky.com/course and https://www.reforge.com/mastering-product-management Product Management Reading: https://svpg.com/inspired-how-to-create-products-customers-love/ and https://steveblank.com/category/customer-development/ Data Engineering for Noobs: https://www.datacamp.com/

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Barbara’s background Do you need a manager or an expert? Technical and non-technical requirements for managers Importance of technical skills for managers Responsibilities and skills of a manager Importance of technical background for managers Getting involved in business development and sales Developing the team Checking team’s work Data science expert Hiring experts Who should we hire first? Can an expert build a team? Data science managers in startups Project management Ensuring that projects provide value Questions before starting a project Women in data science Finding Barbara online General advice

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Barbara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-sobkowiak-1a4a9568

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Nick’s background Being a career coach Overview of the hiring process Behavioral interviews for data scientists Preparing for behavioral interviews Handling "tricky" questions Project deep dive Business context Pacing, rambling, and honesty “What’s your favorite model?” What if I haven’t worked on a project that brought $1 mln? Different questions for different levels Product-sense interviews Identifying key metrics in unfamiliar domains Tech blogs Cold emailing

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Noah’s background Solopreneurship A day of a solopreneur Exponential vs linear work Escaping the office work - digging the tunnel Structuring goals Staying motivated Publishing books Planning out books Writing a book is like preparing to run a marathon Distributed income Getting started as a solopreneur Lowering expenses and adding time The right time to quit full-time Building a network Teaching at universities

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