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We discussed monetization roles and the capabilities people need to move into those roles. The key roles are ML Researcher, ML Architect, and ML Product Manager. We talked about: Vin's career journey What does it mean to "monetize machine learning" Important monetization metrics Who should we have on the team to make a project successful Machine Learning Researcher (applied and scientist) - background, responsibilities, and needed skills Developing new categories  The best recipe for a startup: angry users + data scientists What research actually is ML Product Manager - background, responsibilities, and needed skills How product managers can actually manage all their responsibilities (and they have a lot of them!) ML Architect - background, responsibilities, and needed skills Path to becoming an architect  How should we change education to make it more effective  Important product metrics And more!  Links: https://twitter.com/v_vashishta​ https://linkedin.com/in/vineetvashishta​ https://databyvsquared.com/​ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html​

We talked about:  Admond's career journey What is personal brand How Admond started being active online Publishing on medium and LinkedIn Idea generation process and tools Other platforms Podcasts Offline presence 1x1 meetings Speaking on conferences Having confidence to publish Selling online courses Personal values Admond's course And many other things Links: https://twitter.com/admond1994 https://linkedin.com/in/admond1994 https://buzzsumo.com https://feedly.com/ https://lunchclub.com/ https://thelead.io/data-scientist-personal-brand-toolkit?utm_medium=instructor&utm_source=admond Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html

Did you know that there are 3 types different types of data scientists? A for analyst, B for builder, and C for consultant - we discuss the key differences between each one and some learning strategies you can use to become A, B, or C. We talked about: Inspirations for memes  Danny's background and career journey The ABCs of data science - the story behind the idea Data scientist type A - Analyst  Skills, responsibilities, and background for type A Transitioning from data analytics to type A data scientist (that's the path Danny took) How can we become more curious? Data scientist B - Builder  Responsibilities and background for type B Transitioning from type A to type B Most important skills for type B Why you have to learn more about cloud  Data scientist type C - consultant Skills, responsibilities, and background for type C Growing into the C type Ideal data science team Important business metrics Getting a job - easier as type A or type B? Looking for a job without experience Two approaches for job search: "apply everywhere" and "apply nowhere" Are bootcamps useful? Learning path to becoming a data scientist Danny's data apprenticeship program and "Serious SQL" course  Why SQL is the most important skill R vs Python Importance of Masters and PhD Links: Danny's profile on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/datawithdanny Danny's course: https://datawithdanny.com/ Trailer: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/datawithdanny_datascientist-data-activity-6767988552811847680-GzUK/ Technical debt paper: https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2015/hash/86df7dcfd896fcaf2674f757a2463eba-Abstract.html Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html

We talked about: How we make decisions with machine learning What is decision optimization  Specifying the decision function Emulation for making the best decisions Decision optimization and reinforcement learning Getting started with decision optimization Trends in the industry Links: https://datatalks.club/people/danbecker.html https://www.decision.ai/​ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html

We covered: What is a feature store Problems it solves When to use a feature store  When not to use a feature store The main components When a team should start using a feature store  Links: Feast: https://feast.dev/ https://www.tecton.ai/blog/what-is-a-feature-store/  https://docs.greatexpectations.io/en/latest/reference/core_concepts.html Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club​​​

We covered: What is MLOps The difference between MLOps and ML Engineering Getting into MLOps Kubeflow and its components, ML Platforms Learning Kubeflow DataOps  And other things Links: Microsoft MLOps maturity model: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/mlops/mlops-maturity-model Google MLOps maturity levels: https://cloud.google.com/solutions/machine-learning/mlops-continuous-delivery-and-automation-pipelines-in-machine-learning MLOps roadmap 2020-2025: https://github.com/cdfoundation/sig-mlops/blob/master/roadmap/2020/MLOpsRoadmap2020.md Kubeflow website: https://www.kubeflow.org/ TFX Paper: https://research.google/pubs/pub46484/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club​​

We talked about  open source getting started with open source convincing your employer to contribute to open source public speaking the checklist for open source projects the role of research advocate And many more things! Links from Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ABAU_V8qI&t=975s&ab_channel=PyData https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYMfE9u-lMo&t=958s&ab_channel=PyData https://koaning.io/projects.html https://calmcode.io/ https://makenames.io/ https://koaning.github.io/clumper/api/clumper.html Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club​

We talked about development advocacy for data science. We covered The role of a developer advocate The skills needed for the job and the responsibilities How to become a developer advocate You can find Elle on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrElleOBrien LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drelleobrien DVC's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37rp97Go-xIX3aNFVHhXfQ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club

We talk about blogging technical writing. We cover: Why should we write online? What should we write about? Writing at work: Design documents, wikis, etc. The writing process (also at work) Eugene's website:  eugeneyan.com  Follow Eugene on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eugeneyan Suggest topics: https://eugeneyan.com/topic-poll/ Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club

We talked about: The role of mentoring in career Looking for mentors and preparing for mentoring sessions as a mentee Becoming a mentor And many other things!  Links: Rahul's profile on the mentoring club: https://www.mentoring-club.com/the-mentors/rahul-jain Rahul's article about mentoring: https://rahulj51.github.io/career/coaching/mentoring/2020/06/22/career-coaching.html Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club