Real Talk with LinkedIn Staff Machine Learning Engineer

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Chatting machine learning, LinkedIn projects, and online poker with Uri Merhav, a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at LinkedIn. Learn machine learning online with a job guarantee: https://www.springboard.com/workshops/ai-machine-learning-career-track/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=mle_realtalk_uri

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0:00 – Hacking Texas Hold’Em Poker using ML
0:53 – Getting started in Machine Learning (while in the Israeli army!)
1:17 – What kind of projects did you work on at LinkedIn?
3:21 – Most important attribute for ML Engineers to have
3:50 – Why LinkedIn adjusted its metrics (and how to know if your ML models are cheating on you)?
5:34 – Typical week as a Machine Learning Freelancer
6:38 – Favorite – and least favorite – thing to do as a Machine Learning Engineer
6:50 – Fun ML Project: what makes a good LinkedIn profile picture
9:38 – Essential ML tool you can’t live without
10:38 – What kinds of people become ML Engineers and what advice do you have for them?
11:42 – Tradeoffs between ML Freelancing vs. ML full-time roles
13:03 – What do you look for when hiring ML Engineers?

Interview: Siya Raj Purohit
Video Edits: Erik Parker

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