DataTalks.Club

We talked about: Aaisha’s background How homeschooling affects self-study Deciding on what to learn about Establishing whether a resource is good How Aaisha focuses on learning Deciding on what kind of project to build Find research materials Aaisha’s experience with the Data Talks Club ML Zoomcamp ML Zoomcamp projects Aaisha’s interest in bioinformatics Keeping motivated with deadlines Notes and...

We talked about: Shir’s background Debrief culture The responsibilities of a group manager Defining the success of a DS manager The three pillars of data science management Managing up Managing down Managing across Managing data science teams vs business teams Scrum teams, brainstorming, and sprints The most important skills and strategies for DS and ML managers Making sure proof of concepts get i...

We talked about: Nadia’s background Academic research in software engineering Design patterns Software engineering for ML systems Problems that people in industry have with software engineering and ML Communication issues and setting requirements Artifact research in open source products Product vs model Nadia’s open source product dataset Failure points in machine learning projects Finding soluti...

We talked about: Aleksander’s background The difficulty of selling data stack as a service How Aleksander got into consulting The Mom Test – extracting feedback from people User interviews Why Aleksander’s data stack as a service startup was not viable How Aleksander decided to switch to consulting Finding clients to consult Figuring out how to position your services Geographical limitations Figur...

We talked about: Ruslan’s background Fighting procrastination and perfectionism What is biohacking? The role of dopamine and other hormones in daily life How meditation can help The influence light has on our bodies Behavioral biohacking Daylight lamps and using light to wake up Sleep cycles How nutrition affects productivity Measuring productivity Examples of unsuccessful biohacking attempts Stoi...

We talked about: Parvathy’s background Brainstorming sessions with nonprofits to establish data maturity Example of an Analytics for a Better World project The overall data maturity situation of nonprofits vs private sector Solving the skill gap Publicly available content The Analytics for a Better World Academy The Academy’s target audience How researchers can work with Analytics for a Better Wor...

We talked about:  Dania’s background Founding the AI Guild Datalift Summit Coming up with meetup topics Diversity in Berlin Other types of diversity besides gender The pitfalls of lacking diversity Creating an environment where people can safely share their experiences How the AI Guild helps organizations become more diverse How the AI guild finds women in the fields of AI and data science Ad...

We talked about: Tatiana’s background Going from academia to healthcare to the tech industry What staff engineers do Transferring skills from academia to industry and learning new ones The importance of having mentors Skipping junior and mid-level straight into the staff role Convincing employers that you can take on a lead role Seeing failure as a learning opportunity Preparing for coding intervi...

We talked about: Jekaterina’s background How Jekaterina started freelancing Jekaterina’s initial ways of getting freelancing clients How being a generalist helped Jekaterina’s career Connecting business and data How Jekaterina’s LinkedIn posts helped her get clients Jekaterina’s work in fundraising Cohorts and KPIs Improving communication between the data and business teams Motivating every link i...

We talked about Chris’s background Switching careers multiple times Freedom at companies Chris’s role as an internal consultant Chris’s sabbatical ChatGPT How being a generalist helped Chris in his career The cons of being a generalist and the importance of T-shaped expertise The importance of learning things you’re interested in Tips to enjoy learning new things Recruiting generalists The job mar...

We talked about: Luke’s background Luke’s podcast - AI Game Changers How Luke helps people get jobs What’s changed in the recruitment market over the last 6 months Getting ready for the interview process Stage “zero” – the filter between the candidate and the company Preparing for the introduction stage – research and communication Reviewing the fundamentals during preparation Preparing for the te...

We talked about: Pauline’s background Pauline’s work as a manager at IBM What is indie hacking? Pauline initial indie hacking projects Getting ready for launch Responsibilities and challenges in indie hacking Pauline’s latest indie hacking project Going live and marketing Challenges with Unreal Me Staying motivated with indie hacking projects Skills Pauline picked up while doing indie hacking proj...

We talked about: Johanna’s background Open science course and reproducible papers Research software engineering Convincing a professor to work on software instead of papers The importance of reproducible analysis Why academia is behind on software engineering The problems with open science publishing in academia The importance of standard coding practices How Johanna got into research software eng...

We talked about: Marysia’s background What data-centric AI is Data-centric Kaggle competitions The mindset shift to data-centric AI Data-centric does not mean you should not iterate on models How to implement the data-centric approach Focusing on the data vs focusing on the model Resources to help implement the data-centric approach Data-centric AI vs standard data cleaning Making sure your data i...

We talked about: Loris’ background Transitioning from physics to data Aligning people on concepts Lead indicators and stickiness Context, semantics, and meaning Communication and being memorable Making data digestible for business and building trust The importance of understanding the language of business Stakeholder mapping Attending business meetings as a data professional Organizing your stakeh...

We talked about: Sadat’s background Sadat’s backend engineering experience Sadat’s pivot point as a backend engineer Sadat’s exposure to ML and Data Science Sadat’s Act Before you Think approach (with safety nets) Sadat’s street cred and transition into management The hiring process as an internal candidate The importance of people management skills The Brag List The most difficult part of transit...

We talked about: Irina’s background Irina as a mentor Designing curriculum and program management at AI Guild Other things Irina taught at AI Guild Why Irina likes teaching Students’ reluctance to learn cloud Irina as a manager Cohort analysis in a nutshell How Irina started teaching formally Irina’s diversity project in the works How DataTalks. Club can attract more female students to the Zoomcam...

We talked about: Angelica’s background Angelica’s books Data journalism How Angelica got into data journalism The field of digital humanities and Angelica’s data journalism course Technical articles vs data journalism articles Transforming reports into data storytelling Are reports to stakeholders considered technical writing? Data visualization in articles Article length The process of writing an...

We talked about: Nikola’s background Making the first steps towards a transition to BI and Analytics Engineering Learning the skills necessary to transition to Analytics Engineering The in-between period – from Marketing to Analytics Engineering Nikola’s current responsibilities Understanding what a Data Model is Tools needed to work as an Analytics Engineer The Analytics Engineering role over tim...

We talked about: About Anna and METRO Anna’s background The importance of a technical background for data product owners What are product owners? Product owners vs product managers Anna’s work on recommender systems at METRO Expanding the data team Types of algorithms used for recommender systems What kind of knowledge and skills data product owners need to have Problems and ideas should come from...

We talked about: Audience Poll Andrey’s background What data science practice is Best DS practice in a traditional company vs IT-centric companies Getting started with building data science practice (finding out who you report to) Who the initiative comes from Finding out what kind of problems you will be solving (Centralized approach) Moving to a semi-decentralized approach Resources to learn abo...

We talked about: Sonal’s background How the idea for Zingg came about What Zingg is The difference between entity resolution and identity resolution How duplicate detection relates to entity resolution How Sonal decided to start working on Zingg How Zingg works What Zingg runs on Switching from consultancy to working on a new open source solution Why Zingg is open source Open source licensing Work...

We talked about: Tomasz’s background What Tomasz did before DataOps (Data Science) Why Tomasz made the transition from Data science to DataOps What is DataOps? How is DataOps related to infrastructure? How Tomasz learned the skills necessary to become DataOps Becoming comfortable with terminal The overlap between DataOps and Data Engineering Suitable/useful skills for DataOps Minimal operational s...

We talked about: Katie’s background What is a data scientist? What is a data science manager? Quality of the craft How data leaders promote career growth Supporting senior data professionals Choosing the IC route vs the management route Managing junior data professionals Talking to senior stakeholders and PMs as a junior The importance of hiring juniors What skills do data scientist managers need...

We talked about: Alvaro’s background Working as a QA (Quality Assurance) engineer Transitioning from QA to Machine Learning Gathering knowledge about ML field Searching for an ML job (improving soft skills and CV) Data science interview skills Zoomcamp projects Zoomcamp project deployment How to not undersell yourself during interviews Alvaro’s experience with interviews during his transition Alva...