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What is Data / ML Like on League? // Ian Schweer // MLOps Coffee Sessions #132

Nov 15, 2022

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Is There a Difference Between Software Engineer and Data Engineer?

04:40

Reliability in Data Engineering

04:59

AWS ML Data Ingestion Scheme

03:38

Introduction

2min

ML in the Gaming Space

2min

The MLOps Podcast - What the Hell Do You Think This Is?

3min

How Much Has Your Video Game Playing Increased Since Working at Riot?

3min

I'm a Data Engineer and I've Been Playing a Lot of Retro Games for a While Now.

5min

Data Infrared and Door Dash - What's the Difference?

3min

Reliability in Data Engineering

5min

Open Source

1min

Riot - What's Up With That? And What Are the Challenges?

5min

10.

AWS ML Data Ingestion Scheme

4min

11.

The Future of Game Inference

6min

12.

Is There a Difference Between Software Engineer and Data Engineer?

5min

13.

Code Quality

5min

14.

Data Scientists Are Writing Production Code

3min

15.

Python Typing

4min

16.

What Would You Like to Change About Your Career?

3min

17.

A Preferential Composition Over Inheritance

1min

18.

The Hardest Question We Ask You

2min

MLOps Coffee Sessions #132 {Podcast BTS} with Ian Schweer, What is Data / ML Like on League? co-hosted by Skylar Payne.

// Abstract
If you're not an avid gamer yourself, you have never really seen how ML might be used in the gaming space. It's so interesting to see the things that are different like full stories of players' games from start to finish.

// Bio
On the surface, Ian is an excellent developer who gets things done. Underneath, he is much more. Ian is a reliable and trustworthy teammate who demonstrates an exceptional ownership mentality.

Here's a fair share of Ian's job history:
2014 - UCI (With Skylar!)
2015 - Adobe Primetime (SWE)
2017 - Adobe Product and Customer Analytics (SWE)
2019 - Doordash Data Infra (SWE) Current - Riot Games on League

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Timestamps:
[00:00] Ian's preferred coffee
[02:10] Takeaways
[05:14] Please hit the like button and leave us a review. Please subscribe also!
[05:45] Engineering Community Mental Health Awareness
[07:33] Coping mechanism
[09:29] Increase in video game playing
[11:20] Ian's career progression
[17:55] Lessons to apply in the Data space
[24:23] Challenges at Riot
[34:18] Real-time element
[39:09] Ian's day-to-day responsibilities
[43:13] Analysis vs. Production Code Quality
[48:11] Tools and techniques on the reality of writing production codes
[55:00] What would you change your career into?
[57:00] Ian's best practices advise
[58:28] Ian's favorite video game
[59:58] Wrap-up