TechKnowledgical Sarin Devraj, Avi Ahuja, Anish Sharma
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Breaking down the tech industry — from various technologies & their impacts like machine learning and blockchain to different roles like product management and data science, so you can get your dream job in tech.
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Machine Learning Engineer: A Day in the Life with Tomasz Jurczyk
In Episode 2 of Season 2, we break down one of the most requested episodes: a day in the life of a machine learning engineer.
Hear from Tomasz Jurczyk, Machine Learning Engineer at Moveworks, about how he broke into the field and the types of problems he solves on a daily basis. From creating algorithms to understand human language no matter how complex, to creating a knowledge graph on enterprise support, Tomasz knows it all.
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Becoming a Leader in Data Science
In the first episode back for Season 2, we talk to Connie Yang, Lead Data Scientist at Pallet.
Connie transitioned form an Applied Math & Computer Science degree at Carnegie Mellon into an entry-level Data Scientist role at Microsoft. During her time at Microsoft, she cofounded a Women in Data Science Community and grew as a leader and people manager. Finally and most currently, she made the switch to the startup world as Lead Data Scientist at Pallet.
Learn how Connie grew in her role and the things she did to set herself up to become a leader in her field!
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Sales, Customer Success, and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion with Alex Carmen
In this episode we talk to Alex Carmen about her experience and knowledge working in presales at IBM and transition to post sales working in customer success at Mulesoft. We discuss what each role represents at the two companies, day to day responsibilities of someone in sales, the differences between pre and post sales, and finally how Alex first got her start into the world of tech after studying chemistry.
00:00 Intro
01:34 Finding interest in tech with a chemistry + economics degree
08:35 IBM sales interview process & skills needed
10:55 Impact of your role & environment on your personality
15:25 Summit Program & sales training at IBM
18:18 Roles & responsibilities as an Account Executive
21:11 Learning about new industries
24:11 Diving deep on sales terms & processes
28:47 Jumping from IBM to MuleSoft
32:08 Account Executive vs. Customer Success Manager
35:57 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion work throughout Alex’s life
41:39 Closing advice on getting into sales or customer success -
Diving into Creators & Creator Marketing with Shardul Golwalkar
Shardul is a writer, marketer and generally curious cool cat. He currently works as the Creator Marketing Lead at Public where he's in charge of all things creators on the platform. Public is on a mission to make the stock market more inclusive, educational and fun. You can join public for free and get your free slice of stock at http://share.public.com/shardul. Shardul also writes a great newsletter on the creator economy news and does deep dives on creators at http://creatorsdigest.substack.com.
In this episode, we dive into:
0:00 Intro
4:02 Switching from Software Engineering to Product Marketing
7:32 Experience in PMM at Salesforce
12:26 What is Creator Marketing & How Shardul Moved Over
19:24 Most Interesting Creators Out There
26:23 Becoming a Creator Himself & Going to Public
34:13 Creator Marketing at Public
42:25 Advice for Creators
46:52 What’s Next for Shardul -
User Research at Google, IBM, and Startups with Gabi Campagna Lanning
In this episode we chat with Gabi Campagna Lanning about her vast experience working in user research and design at Big Tech (Google, IBM) and a few startups along the way. She takes us through her education (undergrad in Architecture and MS in Fine Arts), how she first got into user research, and ultimately her experience and thought process for thinking about designing for some of the world’s most complex enterprise Machine Learning products.
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Intro 02:11
Interviewing for UX Research Roles
04:35 Deciding to get a Master’s Degree
08:57 How to build your portfolio
14:45 Why did you choose IBM for design?
17:22 Where do UX Researchers fit into the product cycle?
22:30 How do you truly empathize with users?
27:31 UX Research career ladder
31:00 Differences between IBM and startups
33:50 UX Research at Google
36:00 Closing thoughts -
Consulting at Accenture to Data Science at Peloton
Andrew Dabydeen studied Operations Research & Engineering for his Bachelor's at Cornell University — with a heavy curriculum towards statistics and computer science. Post-undergrad, he decided to get consulting experience at Accenture. After gaining a breadth of experience across multiple industries and seeing various roles in the data space, he pursued his Masters in Data Science at Brown.
Since Brown, Andrew has worked at Shutterstock and is now currently a Data Scientist at Peloton. In this episode, you'll hear Andrew go deep on:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Thinking About Careers at Cornell
2:50 Time at Accenture
6:12 Deciding What to Do Next
8:57 Choosing MS in Data Science at Brown
12:14 What’s the MS in Data Science at Brown like?
15:15 Recruiting into Data Science
18:37 Interviewing at Companies in Different Stages
21:29 Biggest Piece of Advice in Interview Process
24:13 Day-to-day as a Data Scientist
26:30 How do Data Scientists Prioritize Work?
28:23 Data Science Stakeholders
30:17 Career Progression
33:56 What is Machine Learning Engineering?
36:10 Is a PhD the only way to get into machine learning engineering?
38:39 Actionable Advice for Learning Data Science
41:35 Closing Thoughts from Andrew