From Software Engineer to Data Science Manager - Sadat Anwar

We talked about:

• Sadat’s background
• Sadat’s backend engineering experience
• Sadat’s pivot point as a backend engineer
• Sadat’s exposure to ML and Data Science
• Sadat’s Act Before you Think approach (with safety nets)
• Sadat’s street cred and transition into management
• The hiring process as an internal candidate
• The importance of people management skills
• The Brag List
• The most difficult part of transitioning to management
• Focusing on projects and setting milestones
• Sadat’s transition from EM to data science management
• How much domain knowledge is needed for management?
• The main difference between engineering and management
• How being an EM helped Sadat transition no DS management
• 53:32 Transitioning to DS management from other roles
• How to feel accomplished as a manager
• Sadat’s book recommendations
• Sadat’s meetups

Links:

• Sadat's Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/berlin-search-technology-meetup/
• Meetup event "Bias in AI: how to measure it and how to fix it event": https://www.meetup.com/data-driven-ai-berlin-meetup/events/289927565/

ML Zoomcamp: https://github.com/alexeygrigorev/mlbookcamp-code/tree/master/course-zoomcamp

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