Pybites Podcast cover image

Pybites Podcast

#033 - Mindset for discovery and productivity

Jul 8, 2021
36:32

This week we have Mirela Tulbure on the show to talk about her work, mindset and books.
Mirela is a geospatial scientist using terabytes of satellite data to quantify environmental change, particularly flooding.

She is deeply passionate about research that has a societal impact.

In this episode Mirela shares with us:

- Some of the tech she is using to conduct and automate her research (DS libraries and cloud infrastructure).

- Some of the challenges around scalability / portability of the (supervised) ML/ DL models and getting access to labeled image data.

- The impact of flooding and how she has grown her career in this field of research.

- Practical tips to stay productive and continuously grow every day.

- How a growth mindset has really helped her in her career and life.

- How to read more and retain more of what you read.

- How she motivates her students / fellow researchers adding books + mindset lessons in her teaching / mentoring.

- Favorite books.

Enjoy this episode, it’s chuck-full of practical tips and advice you can implement today.
You can reach out to Mirela on Twitter or the PyBites Slack.

Check out Mirela’s favorite books list here.

Other links:
- PyBites productivity course
- PDM coaching program
- Coded Bias Netflix documentary

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode