Zero To Mastery Academy Instructor, Daniel Bourke is back for round 2 answering your top upvoted Zero To Mastery community student questions. Daniel answers questions about how to get started in machine learning, freelancing, getting a machine learning job as a newbie/junior and much more.
Daniel is a self-taught Machine Learning Engineer that has worked at one of Australia's fastest-growing artificial intelligence agencies, Max Kelsen, and is now using his expertise to teach thousands of students data science and machine learning as an instructor for the ZTM Academy.
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Here are some of the topics covered if you want to skip ahead:
0:00 - Intro
6:00 - QA start
6:20 - The next 6-months of data science
11:39 - ML & AI for robotics
16:28 - Software engineering + machine learning
23:00 - Medium size business vs. 2-3 small businesses
26:10 - What do companies look for in junior ML engineers?
33:30 - How do you choose a great side project?
41:46 - Viewpoint on fitness guru Daniel Bourke
43:45 - Number one rule for coding Python
46:21 - Do I use paid ads for my Udemy course?
46:35 - My advice on marketing
52:20 - What parts of computer science should I learn?
54:50 - Teach yourself computer science
57:12 - What is your daily schedule like?
1:01:58 - How is your business structured?
1:04:22 - How much do you pay yourself?
1:06:59 - How do I find people to work in my start-up business?
1:11:50 - How come you don't claim your YouTube ad revenue?
1:15:39 - Thoughts on AI & Blockchain
1:18:26 - I've finished some courses, what should I do now?
1:20:53 - Who would win in a fight? Data Scientist vs. Machine Learning Engineer
1:24:13 - How can a newbie break into machine learning?
1:25:00 - Skills to start freelancing
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