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Peter Knudson is a product manager of 10 years who focuses on innovative new experiences that help drive engagement in the ever evolving landscape of mobile and console games. He is also the author of the Amazon best selling book “Product Sense.”
We talk about what is product sense, how do data scientist develop product sense, what are product manager’s frustration when working with data scientists, how can data scientists influence product managers better, misconceptions about product management, common mistakes in product management. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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Peter’s best selling book “Product Sense”: https://www.amazon.com/Product-Sense-Problems-Interviews-Management-ebook/dp/B0998SRN37
Website: ProductSenseBook.com
Peter's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisispeterk/
Kate Strachnyi is the founder of DATAcated – delivering training on data visualization, data storytelling, and dashboard best practices. She has over 150k followers on Linkedin. We talked about how she got into data analytics without a background in math, what makes a good dashboard, how to work with executives, how to tell stories with data, what she’s looking for when hiring a data analyst, and the psychology of color! If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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Nick Singh is a career coach and the co-author of "ace the data science interview". He has over 60k followers on Linkedin, and previously worked at Facebook and Google. We talked about how to prepare for data science interviews, how to build a portfolio, what makes a candidate stand out, how to write cold emails to recruiters, and his career journey. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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You can find his book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578973839?&linkCode=sl1&tag=nicksingh03-20&linkId=4fa541a539320e8936926cb3a5167881&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
Nick's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nipun-singh/
Konrad Kording is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Konrad is trying to understand how the world and the brain works using data. He is known for his research in computational neuroscience. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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The online community of computational neuroscientists he's working on: http://neuromatch.io/
We talked about:
- Is evolution gradient descent?
- What makes a data scientist competitive?
- His three principles of doing good science
- Why do we need casual inference in AI?
- Should we optimize our brain's 'loss function' to make us happier?
- The secret to a good career
- Three rules he follows for doing good science
- Is deep learning a bubble?
- How did he get to where he's at today
A seasoned open-source developer of 25+ years, Greg Osuri is the CEO and co-Founder of Akash Network, an open-source decentralized cloud that provides a fast, efficient, and low-cost application deployment.
Prior to Akash Network, Greg founded AngelHack, the world’s largest hackathon organization with over 200,000 developers across 164 cities across the globe. At AngelHack, he helped launch several developer companies including Firebase, which was acquired by Google in 2014. Greg launched his career at IBM and later designed Kaiser Permanente’s first cloud architecture. As an expert in open-source, distributed systems, and blockchain development, and an applied economist, Greg is a featured international speaker and has spoken recently at events including Kong Summit, Block-Con, and Block to the Future. His work has been featured in top-tier publications including BeInCrypto, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Forbes, TechCrunch, and Yahoo! Finance. Greg was instrumental in the passing of California’s first Blockchain law, providing the first expert-witness testimony at the Senate.
About Akash Network: Akash Network, the world's first decentralized and open-source cloud, accelerates deployment, scale, efficiency and price performance for high-growth industries like blockchain and machine learning/AI. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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Andrew Kondrich is a machine learning engineer at Scale. We talked about his career journey, human first design for AI, how to get into machine learning, and what kind of candidates companies are looking for. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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Bryan is a data science manager, previously he worked at Facebook and Indeed as senior data scientist. Bryan specialize in ad system design, ad ranking, and A/B testing platforms. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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We talked about:
- how he got into data science as a history major
- when not to use data science to make decisions
- how data scientists should influence the company's culture
- how data scientists can have a competitive edge in the future
- what is the ad ranking problem
- data science books for game theories
- how to use game theories in real life
Jerry is the COO/Founder of Wonsulting and an ex-Senior Strategy & Operations Manager at Google & used to lead Product Strategy at Lucid. After graduating from Babson College, Jerry was hired as the youngest analyst in his organization by being promoted multiple times in 2 years to his current position in Google. With Wonsulting, Jerry partners with universities & organizations (220+ to date) to help others land into their dream careers. He's amassed 250,000+ followers across LinkedIn, TikTok & Instagram and has reached 40M+ professionals. In addition, his work has been featured on Forbes, Newsweek, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, LinkedIn & elected as the 2020 LinkedIn Top Voice for Tech.
Jerry shared his expert advice on how to network effectively, how to send messages to recruiters, and how he used data analytics to solve million dollar business problems. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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Alexey Grigorev is a principal data scientist at OLX Group, He is also the founder of Data Talks Club with 4,100 members. He wrote a book called "Machine Learning Bookcamp" to help people learn machine learning by doing projects. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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We talked about: how Alexey transitioned into machine learning
- What kind of project helped him get his job
- 2 mistakes new data scientists often make
- Why do you need to know the baseline
- What makes you stand out as a candidate
- His free machine learning course
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Jim Zheng is an engineering manager at Flexport, building the data platform; he was a data scientist at Salesforce, worked at Yahoo as a UX designer, and was a researcher in computer science at Stanford. He is also the cofounder of Senpai, an audio platform for experts to share domain knowledge. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on www.dalianaliu.com/ for more on data science.
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Ask Jim a question on Senpai: https://beta.senpai.so/ataki12
Jim's article on how to send cold emails: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hiring...
We talked about:
- Jim's career path in engineering and data science
- What makes a great data scientist
- What's the future of data scientists
- What's a 'human cloud'
- How to network like a champion
- Best way to work with mentors
- Career advice to his younger self
- Life lessons he learned from playing chess
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