DTC's minis - From Data Engineering to MLOps - Sejal Vaidya
We don't have a new episode this week, but we have an amazing conversation with Sejal Vaidya from August
We talked about
Sejal's background
Why transitioning to ML engineering
Three phases of development of a project
Why data engineers should get involved in ML
Technologies
Tips for people who want to transition
Soft skills and understanding requirements
Helpful resources
Resources:
ML checklist (https://twolodzko.github.io/ml-checklist.html)
Machine Learning Bookcamp (https://mlbookcamp.com/)
Made with ML course (https://madewithml.com)
Full-stack deep learning (https://fullstackdeeplearning.com)
Newsletters: mlinproduction, huyenchip.com, jeremyjordan.me, mihaileric.com
Sejal's "Production ML" twitter list (https://twitter.com/i/lists/1212819218959351809)
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1/14/2022 • 16 minutes, 51 seconds
Similarities and Differences between ML and Analytics - Rishabh Bhargava
We talked about:
Rishabh's background
Rishabh’s experience as a sales engineer
Prescriptive analytics vs predictive analytics
The problem with the term ‘data science’
Is machine learning a part of analytics?
Day-to-day of people that work with ML
Rule-based systems to machine learning
The role of analysts in rule-based systems and in data teams
Do data analysts know data better than data scientists?
Data analysts’ documentation and recommendations
Iterative work - data scientists/ML vs data analysts
Analyzing results of experiments
Overlaps between machine learning and analytics
Using tools to bridge the gap between ML and analytics
Do companies overinvest in ML and underinvest in analystics?
Do companies hire data scientists while forgetting to hire data analysts?
The difficulty of finding senior data analysts
Is data science sexier than data analytics?
Should ML and data analytics teams work together or independently?
Building data teams
Rishabh’s newsletter – MLOpsRoundup
Links:
https://mlopsroundup.substack.com/
https://twitter.com/rish_bhargava
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10/15/2021 • 59 minutes, 39 seconds
Approach Learning as ML Project - Vladimir Finkelshtein [mini]
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/
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8/6/2021 • 13 minutes, 56 seconds
Becoming a Data-led Professional - Arpit Choudhury
We talked about:
Data-led academy
Arpit’s background
Growth marketing
Being data-led
Data-led vs data-driven
Documenting your data: creating a tracking plan
Understanding your data
Tools for creating a tracking plan
Data flow stages
Tracking events — examples
Collecting the data
Storing and analyzing the data
Data activation
Tools for data collection
Data warehouses
Reverse ETL tools
Customer data platforms
Modern data stack for growth
Buy vs build
People we need to in the data flow
Data democratization
Motivating people to document data
Product-led vs data-led
Links:
https://dataled.academy/
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