From Testing Phones to Managing NLP Projects - Alvaro Navas Peire

We talked about:

• Alvaro’s background
• Working as a QA (Quality Assurance) engineer
• Transitioning from QA to Machine Learning
• Gathering knowledge about ML field
• Searching for an ML job (improving soft skills and CV)
• Data science interview skills
• Zoomcamp projects
• Zoomcamp project deployment
• How to not undersell yourself during interviews
• Alvaro’s experience with interviews during his transition
• Alvaro’s Zoomcamp notes
• Alvaro’s coach
• The importance of mathematical knowledge to a transition into ML
• Preparing for technical interviews
• Alvaro’s typical workday
• Alvaro’s team’s tech stack
• The importance of a technical background to transitioning into ML

Links:

• Alvaro's CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/89hkt3ug0toqa2n/CV%20nou%20-%20angl%C3%A8s.pdf?dl=0
• Github profile: https://github.com/ziritrion
• LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaronavas/

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