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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