Career Advice

Three tips that will make your life easier — So, you’ve done a few ML courses and feel ready to fish for your first job in the industry, but still wondering: what are the main skills to do ML in the real world? Working at a startup, where the pace is fast and the upside (both intellectually and financially)…

I have people who come to me and ask, “How do you grow your career if you’re not getting the growth from your work, but you’re not quite ready to leave?” Telling someone that they should just find a new job is not always the best answer for many reasons…

I started with this article on Stanford’s MBA site about “the secret to finding long-term career satisfaction” (noble goal, right?) and was instantly turned off because it’s written by a career coach/consultant, which seems like maybe it’s a snake oil profession. …

Looking to figure out what you’re really passionate about? Start by asking yourself these 19 questions. — Everyone has their own unique passions in life. Some just don’t know what their passion is, yet. When you are passionate about something, you are proud of it and you do your best. Pursuing your passions can lead to great things. Don’t let anyone stop you from reaching your goals…

Including Doing A Runner — There’s no need to get your feathers all ruffled when it comes to disagreements. The world of work is full of people who disagree with you. It’s inevitable, and it can be frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be that way! The skill is to agree rather than disagree while…

Job hopping, internal promotions, and stretch assignments — Hot take: Software engineers should job hop as much as they can during the first five years of their career. Now I don’t mean that you should change jobs every three months, but I do mean that you will learn a lot more working at a few different companies over…