Ken's Nearest Neighbors

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Aleksa Goridc ( @TheAIEpiphany ) Aleksa is a ex-Google deepmind and Microsoft ML engineer who recently launched Ortus. A startup aimed at helping users make YouTube videos more accessible and interactive. I’m excited to announce that we have Ortus working on my Youtube channel, and you can try it out for free by quickly installing the chrome plugin (https://www.ortusbuddy.ai/). Aleksa also runs the AI Epiphany YouTube channel, where he shares his learnings from reading papers on the latest generative AI research. In this episode, we learn about his awesome learning framework that he stole from weightlifters, how he landed his job ad deepmind, and why he left that job at the peak of the AI hype to start his own company. I hope you enjoy this conversation, I know I did! Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsAleksa's Links:LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/aleksagordicTwitter - twitter.com/gordic_aleksaYouTube - youtube.com/@UCj8shE7aIn4Yawwbo2FceCQ Personal Website - gordicaleksa.com

It has been some time since I did a Q&A on the channel! These are my responses to some user submitted questions on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram! Topics:- Lot of LLM questions. How will these impact coding ability, future work, and data- Job questions. How to land a job, and what the future of the data science job market looks like- Personal questions. What would I do if I wasn't in  data, how do I stay motivated, how do I approach burnoutPodcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questions

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nash Mundondo.  @datanash8200   thought he could never learn to code. At 16 he dropped out of his high-school computer science class, and at 23 he dropped out of his Sports Science masters because it had 1 coding module and he thought he couldn't handle it. Now there's nothing he loves more than coding and data science. He is currently documenting his journey on YouTube to show others who think they can't learn code or data science, that if he can do it, they can too. Today we talk about how Nash struggled with self learning, how he landed his internship, and how ChatGPT played into his school life. Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsNash's Links: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@datanash8200

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Katharine Jarmul. Kathrine recently published Practical Data Privacy a book that is extremely relevant with the fast expansion of LLMs and AI Products. In this episode we touch on her experience as a data journalist, how she thinks companies are handling data privacy with the expansion of new AI tools, and how someone can prepare themselves for a career in the data privacy space.Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsKatherine's Links:LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/katharinejarmulCompany - kjamistan.comBlog - blog.kjamistan.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/kjamBook - https://amzn.to/3NhmBHl

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Z and Rabie who are the co founders of Positon. Their company provides programmatic M&A capability as a service leveraging data analytics and machine learning algorithms to identify and evaluate potential acquisition targets, negotiate deals, and manage post-acquisition integration. In this episode we dive deep into what it means to find your tribe and your business partners, the value of a global perspective, and their thoughts on the pace technology is moving as startup founders. Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsLinks:Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaali/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabiezahri/Twitter- https://twitter.com/Twaregg- https://twitter.com/ZaheerAbbasAliPositon- https://www.positon.ai/

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing  @TinaHuang1 one of my closest friends. She is also an incredible content creator and an excellent business partner. Today she discusses how she designed her own career and how she views a future integrated with AI. We also touch on her new venture Lonely Octopus and how she is trying to help people upskill for a changing world. Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsTina's Links:YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TinaHuang1Lonely Octopus - https://www.lonelyoctopus.com/Newsletter - https://tinahuang.substack.com/Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinaw-h/

Today I had the pleasure of having Mark Freeman back on the show! He has some exciting news. He left his data science job to be employee #1 at a stealth startup in the data engineering space. In this episode we learn how Mark landed his new role through his network, the challenges and excitement of being in an early stage company, and the perspective change he's had over the last year. I hope you enjoy!Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsMark's Links:LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/mafreeman2GitHub - github.com/mellamomarkCompany - onthemarkdata.com

Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsThis week we welcome Richad back to the show. In the last episode I did with him, he talked about his meteoric career growth going from analyst to director in 4 years. This time we touch on why he quit his job, what he is working on now, and what keeps data scientists happy at work. We also touch on ChatGPT (Because I Couldn't help it).Richad's Links:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richadbecker

Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questionsThis episode of Ken's Nearest Neighbors is powered by Z by HP. HP's high compute, workstation-grade line of products and solutions. Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Markham. Kevin is the founder of Data School, an online school that helps you to learn data science. In the past 8 years, he has taught more than a million students in the classroom and online. He's passionate about teaching people who are new to data science, and he's known for taking complex topics and breaking them down into easy-to-understand lessons. He has a degree in Computer Engineering from Vanderbilt University, and he lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and son. In today’s episode, we learn how Kevin found his superpower in teaching, how he embodies the saying “not all who wander are lost”, and how he found motivation and creative energy through self-work and introspection. Kevin's Links:Blog - https://www.dataschool.io/Courses - https://courses.dataschool.io/Tuesday Tips - https://tuesday.tips/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@dataschoolLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/justmarkham/Twitter - https://twitter.com/justmarkhamGitHub - https://github.com/justmarkham

This episode of Ken’s Nearest Neighbors is powered by z by hp, hp’s high compute, workstation grade line of products and solutions. Please check out our other sponsors and partners in the description or show notes to help support the podcast. Today I wanted to try something different with the podcast. Chat GPT and GPT 4 present scary and interesting questions for the future of the data domain and for the way our world works at large. I sat down and asked Chat GPT questions about its GPT-4 trained version of itself, the data domain, autogpt,issues with its use, and even the 6 month proposed pause on the training of GPT 5. This was a fascinating experience for me to learn more about this technology and hopefully help educate others about major issues revolving around its future. I should also note that I also used another AI tool, elevenlabs, to give Chat GPT a voice. I randomly selected the voice from a group of around 30, it is not my personification or interpretation of what I think the model would sound like. Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job - 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee |  Interview prep questions