Real Talk with LinkedIn Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Chatting machine learning, LinkedIn projects, and online poker with Uri Merhav, a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at LinkedIn.

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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?

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Video Edits: Erik Parker