Ken's Nearest Neighbors Ken Jee
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The Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast is about telling the unique stories of the people in the data and AI space. In highly technical fields, we often lose sight of the individuals who are making the positive change. The podcast focuses on who these people are and how they have approached the big decisions in their life that shaped their world view and career. While the podcast is centered on a technical domain, the conversations often touch on personal philosophy, the pursuit of meaning, and how we define success in our career and lives.
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Lessons from Teaching in North Korea for 4 Years (Andrew Kemp) - KNN Ep. 189
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Kemp. Andrew is the head of product marketing for data science and AI at Z by HP. Andrew recruited me into the Z by HP global ambassador program and is responsible for its creation. In this episode we learn about his experience teaching in North Korea for 4 years as well as how the landscape of hardware and community is changing.
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Andrew's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewallenkemp/
Z by HP Ambassador - https://www.hp.com/us-en/workstations/industries/ambassadors.html -
The Youngest Ever 3x Kaggle GM Explains Why She Switched to Product (Ruchi Bhatia) - KNN Ep. 188
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Ruchi Bhatia. Ruchi is the youngest ever 3x Kaggle Grandmaster. She recently started work as a product marketing manager at HP after being a Z by HP global data science ambassador. In this episode we talk about why Ruchi shifted to product, what she has learned from transitioning into the workforce at HP, and what she thinks of all of the new changes going on in the AI space.
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Ruchi's Links:
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruchi798/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/techbyruchi/ -
How Fast is AI Innovation Really Happening? (Tina Huang) - KNN Ep. 187
Today I brought back my good friend Tina Huang on the podcast! We talked about her continuing venture into content and entrepreneurship as well as our experience and learnings from NVIDIA's GTC conference.
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Tina's Links:
https://www.youtube.com/@TinaHuang1
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How AI Changes the Interview Process (Nick Singh) - KNN Ep. 186
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Singh. He is the author of Ace the Data Science Interview and the Head Lemur at datalemur, a website helping you prepare for interviews. In this episode we learn what Nick has been doing since the publication of his book, how the interview process has changed with new advances in AI, and how you can stand out in the challenging job market.
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Nick's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-singh-tech/
Personal Website - https://www.nicksingh.com/
Book - https://www.acethedatascienceinterview.com/
Data Lemur - https://datalemur.com/ -
The Problem With Developer Advocacy (Daliana Liu) - KNN Ep. 185
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Daliana Liu. Daliana is the host of the Data Scientist Show. She also has experience in developer advocacy and working as a data scientist in large tech companies and startups. Today we talk about why she quit her job in tech, how developer advocacy could be improved, and much more!
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Daliana's Links:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/
Personal Website - https://dalianaliu.com/
Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/c/thedatascientistshow -
Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney) - KNN Ep. 184
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Wes McKinney. Wes is well known in the open source community for his work building the pandas library. He also has a fascinating background leading the production of other data tooling with a focus on ubiquitous language-agnostic, hardware-optimized analytical computing. In this episode we learn about the origin of pandas, Wes' transition into a new role at Posit, and his perspective on the future of open source.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesmckinn/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wesmckinn
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Customer Reviews
Incisive questions
Ken does a great job asking asking incisive questions, and keeping the listener engaged by flowing the conversation into a compelling story.
Great interviews
The guests are always interesting and I like to hear about their different career paths
Great podcast, interesting topics
Ken does a great job covering relevant tech, data science topics. Very interesting guests.