Moving from Academia to Industry - CJ Jenkins

We talked about:

• CJ’s background
• Evolutionary biology
• Learning machine learning
• Learning on the job and being honest with what you don’t know
• Convincing that you will be useful
• CJ’s first interview
• Transitioning to industry
• Tailoring your CV
• Data science courses
• Moving to Berlin
• Being selective vs ‘spray and pray’
• Moving on to new jobs
• Plan for transitioning to industry
• Requirements for getting hired
• Publications, portfolios and pet projects
• Adjusting to industry
• Bad habits from academia
• Topics with long-term value
• CJ’s textbook

Links:

• CJ's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-jenkins/
• Positions for master students: one two

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