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Building Good Models And Career Perspectives | Luca Silvan Becker
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Luca is a Research Scientist at Amazon, and previously, he was a Senior Economist at Zillow. We discuss everything from getting a job, assessing if your prospective manager is a good fit, and getting buy-in from stakeholders as a scientist. You can find a detailed discussion summary here and watch the entire episode on YouTube.
Topics Covered
- Spectrum of jobs in the tech industry
- To get a PhD or not
- Hiring criteria beyond degrees
- Interview strategies and tips for navigating the interview process
- Finding a good manager
- Questions to ask your prospective manager
- Building trust with stakeholders as a data scientist
- Building predictive and causal models
- Setting success criteria for a project
- IC vs. manager track
Where to find Luca
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- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ida-johnsson/
- X: https://twitter.com/IdaBJohnsson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGBjKfzdALl_FQVcA4b8TA
Timestamps
(00:00) Preview
(00:22) Intro
(00:34) Luca - introduction
(02:23) How Luca got into tech
(04:45) Opportunity cost of doing a PhD
(07:03) Job search tips
(12:08) Interview tips
(14:26) Interview - red flags
(20:06) The importance of a good manager
(23:52) Building trust with stakeholders
(32:43) Building good prediction models
(39:50) Tradeoffs when choosing a model
(42:34) Defining success criteria for a project
(45:14) Career path: individual contributor vs. manager
(50:55) Perspective on the interview process
Reach out to me at www.idajohnsson.com
Chapters
1. Preview (00:00:00)
2. Intro (00:00:22)
3. Luca - introduction (00:00:34)
4. How Luca got into tech (00:02:23)
5. Opportunity cost of doing a PhD (00:04:45)
6. Job search tips (00:07:03)
7. Interview tips (00:12:08)
8. Interview - red flags (00:14:26)
9. The importance of a good manager (00:20:06)
10. Building trust with stakeholders (00:23:52)
11. Building a good predictive model (00:32:43)
12. Tradeoffs when choosing a model (00:39:50)
13. Defining success criteria for a project (00:42:34)
14. Career path: individual contributor vs. manager track (00:45:14)
15. Perspectives on the interview process (00:50:55)
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