Career - Daniel Bourke

Career

A collection of 12 posts

"How can a beginner data scientist like me gain experience?"

Machine Learning

"How can a beginner data scientist like me gain experience?"

I've done some courses, what do I do now? Hint: touch the stove.

How to Think About Communicating and Sharing Your Work

How to Think About Communicating and Sharing Your Work

Got technical skills? Good. Here's how you can communicate them.

“Oh, so you’ve got a real job”

“Oh, so you’ve got a real job”

We were sitting at the dinner table getting to know each other. I’d been on a few dates with their daughter so I wanted to make a good impression. I was a mix of nerves and confidence. Nerves because I was 17 and meeting a girls parents for the

How to deal with imposter syndrome

Life and Living

How to deal with imposter syndrome

The first time I walked into an artificial intelligence meetup, I felt like I shouldn’t have been there. The second time I walked into a machine learning event, I felt like I shouldn’t have been there. The 20th time I walked into an artificial intelligence meetup, I felt

Never take me off the tools

Never take me off the tools

I heard about the promotions. A friend went up to the next role. He’d been after it for a while. I asked him. How is it? It’s good man. But I’m missing being hands-on. All that’s changed is I spend less time on the tools and

An opportunity to get better

An opportunity to get better

I read the criteria and thought, “that’s me.”, so I applied. Turns out. It wasn’t. The person on the other end thought I wasn’t experienced enough. Good. An opportunity to get better. An opportunity to get better and try again. An opportunity to learn more and try

The Hidden Powers of Imposter Syndrome

The Hidden Powers of Imposter Syndrome

“How do you know your coding skills are ready for a professional setting?”

12 Things I Learned During My First Year as a Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning

12 Things I Learned During My First Year as a Machine Learning Engineer

Being your own biggest sceptic, the value in trying things which might not work and why communication problems are harder than technical problems.

Being a Self-Taught Machine Learning Engineer: 7-months in

Machine Learning

Being a Self-Taught Machine Learning Engineer: 7-months in

7 things I’ve learned after my first 7-months as a Machine Learning Engineer.

‘I want to learn Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Where can I start?’

Machine Learning

‘I want to learn Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Where can I start?’

How I went from Apple Genius to startup failure to Uber driver to machine learning engineer.

"How do you learn machine learning online?"

Machine Learning

"How do you learn machine learning online?"

Agh. There’s so much going on. Dozens of papers every week. New releases from Facebook and Google every week which send the media into a frenzy. Articles on the web showing the latest and greatest courses you should be doing. > Where do I even start? A year ago, I