Episode 019 - Starting a Career in Machine Learning with Kesha Williams

In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Kesha Williams, Principal Training Architect at A Cloud Guru. Kesha is both an Alexa Champion and an AWS Hero where she focuses on helping others get up to speed with machine learning. Kesha discusses her multi decade career, her time as a senior Java developer, her journey to the cloud, learning Python, and steps she took to get started in machine learning. Along the way we cover the ethics of AI, the importance of diverse data sets, and what machine learning can bring to help us all build a better future. Kesha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeshaWillz Kesha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/java-rock-star-kesha/ Kesha’s Website: http://www.kesha.tech/ Kesha’s AWS Hero Page: https://aws.amazon.com/developer/community/heroes/kesha-williams Kesha’s Alexa Champion Page: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/champions/kesha-williams AWS Getting Started with Machine Learning: https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/learn/ AWS SageMaker: https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/ ----------- Connect with Us on Twitter: Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss