MLOps community meetup #63! Last Wednesday we talked to Felipe Campos Penha, Senior Data Scientist, Cargill.

//Abstract
Can one learn anything useful by creating content online? The usual answer is a sounding YES. But what about live coding an MLOps project on Twitch? Can anything good come out of it?

//Bio
Felipe Penha creates content about Data Science regularly on the Data Science Bits channel on YouTube and Twitch. He has 8+ years of experience with hands-on data-related work, starting with his doctorate in Astroparticle Physics. His career in the private sector has been devoted to bringing value to various segments of the Food and Beverages Industry through the use of Analytics and Machine Learning.

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Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction to Felipe Campos Penha
[01:30] Felipe's background
[05:36] Developing models in physics vs developing models for companies
[08:07] Felipe's transition from Jupyter Notebook to Operational ML
[09:34] "The thought of business basically for customers, they always wanted to see the value and try to roll out more manual work like spreadsheets so they could try out that model on the field."
[12:07] Felipe's software engineering development learning
[14:10] Catalyst on Youtube and Twitch
[18:06] Elements of Twitch
[20:02] Non-polished versions of Twitch
[21:16] "Twitch was not made for coding, it was for gamers."
[26:17] Felipe's audience impact on Twitch
[28:02] Logistical pieces
[30:43] Words of wisdom on live streaming
[30:56] "Don't be afraid to start. There are many streamers that are actually learning from scratch and they are showing the process of learning online. They are learning faster because the help is faster."
[33:16] Blog post as other means to Twitch
[33:50] "I'm a perfectionist when I'm writing. The shortest it is, the hardest it could get. You want to polish it a lot to make nice figures. I learned a lot but for me, I feel that process is too slow because you're thinking about one subject for a long time trying to polish it while in live streaming, it's very dynamic and fast."
[34:25] Twitch affecting Felipe's career
[36:36] "Exposing yourself, showing your mistakes, vocalizing your thoughts, I think all of this makes you a better programmer."  
[37:12] Getting through a problem
[39:41] Recommended streamers that caught Felipe's interest
[41:00] Community aspect and importance of Twitch
[42:42] Role of community on Twitch
[45:16] "Twitch is becoming such a trend that even companies are following."