DataTalks.Club

We talked about: Marco’s background Role of CDO Keeping track of many things Becoming a CDO Strategy vs tactics VP of Data vs CDO How many VPs of Data could be there? Splitting the work between VP and CDO Difference between CTO, CPO, and CDO Breaking down the goals and working backwards from them Assessing if we’re moving in the right direction Dealing with many meetings Being more effective Building the data-driven culture Challenges of working remotely Does CDO need deep technical skills? Importance of MBA The key skills for becoming a CDO Biggest challenges within OLX so far Demonstrating the CDO skills on a job interview Overcoming resistance Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Mikio’s background What Mikio helps with Moving from a full-time job to freelancing Finding clients and importance of a strong network Building a network Initial meetings with clients Understanding what clients need Template for the offer (Million dollar consulting) Deciding on rate type: hourly, daily, per project Taking vacations (and paying twice for them) Avoiding overworking Specializing: consulting as a product Working full-time as a principal vs being a consultant Is the overhead worth it? Getting a new client when you already have a project After freelancing: what’s next? Output of Mikio’s work Learning new things Lessons learned after finding clients Registering as a freelancer in Germany Personal liability of a freelancer Effect of globalization and remote work on consulting Advice for people who want to start freelancing Woking full-time and freelancing at the same time Books:  Million Dollar Consulting  by Alan Weiss Built to Sell by John Warrillow Links: Mikio's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikiobraun Mikio's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikiobraun/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Carmine’s background Carmine’s startup FreshFlow Doing user research Design thinking Entrepreneur first Finding co-founders: the “expertise edges” framework The structure of the EF program Coming up with the idea How important is going through a startup accelerator? Finding your first client Finding investors Consequences of having a bad investor Splitting responsibilities between co-founders Hiring The importance of delegating Making work attractive to hires Plans for the future Just-in-time supply chain What would you have done differently? Advice for people starting a startup Don’t focus on skills only Getting motivation Am I ready for a startup? Importance of a business school Advice on finding a co-founder Do I need EF if I already have an idea? Having a prototype before the pitch Books: The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick Design Thinking by Robert Curedale Links: FreshFlow: https://freshflow.ai/ Carmine's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carminepaolino Carmine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/paolino Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We don't have an episode lined up for this week, but we recorded a small chat with Vladimir some time ago. Enjoy it!  We talked about: Vladimir's background Learning by answering questions Don't be afraid of being wrong Winnings books Learning random things Approach learning as a machine learning project Links: Vladimir on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-finkelshtein/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Lina’s background What we need to remember when starting a project (checklists) Make sure the problem is formalized and close to the core business Get the buy-in with stakeholders Building trust with stakeholders Don’t just focus on upsides – ask about concerns Turning a concert into a metric What happens when something goes wrong? Post mortem reporting Apply the 5 why’s If a lot of users say it’s a bug – it’s worth investigating Post mortem format Action points Debugging vs explaining the model Are there online versions of checklists? Make sure to log your inputs Talking to end-users and using your own service Your ideas vs Stakeholder ideas Should data practitioners educate the team about data? People skills and ‘dirty’ hacks Where to find Lina Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Ben’s Background Building solutions for customers Why projects don’t make it to production Why do people choose overcomplicated solutions? The dangers of isolating data science from the business unit The importance of being able to explain things Maximizing chances of making into production The IKEA effect Risks of implementing novel algorithms If it can be done simply – do that first Don’t become the guinea pig for someone’s white paper The importance of stat skills and coding skills Structuring an agile team for ML work Timeboxing research Mentoring Ben’s book ‘Uncool techniques’ at AI-First companies Should managers learn data science? Do data scientists need to specialize to be successful? Links: Ben's book: https://www.manning.com/books/machine-learning-engineering-in-action (get 35% off with code "ctwsummer21") Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Elena’s background Why do a startup instead of being an employee? Where to get ideas for your startup Finding a co-founder What should you consider before starting a startup? Vertical startup vs infrastructure startup ‘AI First’ startups Building tools for engineers What skills do you need to start a startup? Startup risks How to be prepared to fail Work-life balance The part-time startup approach Startup investment models No resources and no technical expertise – what to do? Productionizing your services When to hire an expert Talking to people with a problem before solving the problem Starting Elena’s startup, Evidently Elena’s role at Evidently Why is Evidently open source? “People will just copy my open source code. Should I be concerned?” Bottom-up adoption Creating value so that clients engage with your product Is there a difference between countries when creating a startup? Does open source mean the data is safer? When should you hire engineers? Following the market Startups out of genuine interest vs Just for money and for fun Links: EvidentlyAI: https://evidentlyai.com/ Elena's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenasamuylova/ Elena's Twitter: https://twitter.com/elenasamuylova/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dead_flowers22 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roksolanadiachuk/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Andreas’s background Why data engineering is becoming more popular Who to hire first – a data engineer or a data scientist? How can I, as a data scientist, learn to build pipelines? Don’t use too many tools What is a data pipeline and why do we need it? What is ingestion? Can just one person build a data pipeline? Approaches to building data pipelines for data scientists Processing frameworks Common setup for data pipelines — car price prediction Productionizing the model with the help of a data pipeline Scheduling Orchestration Start simple Learning DevOps to implement data pipelines How to choose the right tool Are Hadoop, Docker, Cloud necessary for a first job/internship? Is Hadoop still relevant or necessary? Data engineering academy How to pick up Cloud skills Avoid huge datasets when learning Convincing your employer to do data science How to find Andreas Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-kretz Data engieering cookbook: https://cookbook.learndataengineering.com/ Course: https://learndataengineering.com/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about: Santiago’s background “Transitioning to ML” vs “Adding ML as a skill” Getting over the fear of math for software developers Learning by explaining Seven lessons I learned about starting a career in machine learning Lesson 1 – Take the first step Lesson 2 – Learning is a marathon, not a sprint Lesson 3 – If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Lesson 4 – Do something with the knowledge you gain Lesson 5 – ML is not just math. Math is not scary. Lesson 6 – Your ability to analyze a problem is the most important skill. Coding is secondary. Lesson 7 – You don’t need to know every detail Tools and frameworks needed to transition to machine learning Problem-based learning vs Top-down learning Learning resources Santiago’s favorite books Santiago’s course on transitioning to machine learning Improving coding skills Building solutions without machine learning Becoming a better engineer What is the difference between machine learning and data science? Getting into machine learning - Reiteration Getting past the math Links: Santiago's Twitter: https://twitter.com/svpino Santiago's course: https://gumroad.com/svpino#kBjbC Pinned tweet with a roadmap: https://twitter.com/svpino/status/1400798154732212230 Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html