In this podcast, I invite people from various paths of life to discuss their field of work and how they got to where they are.
Robin is a Data Scientist and a Machine Learning Engineer with academic background in Statistics.
New episode every other week.
In this podcast, I invite people from various paths of life to discuss their field of work and how they got to where they are.
Robin is a Data Scientist and a Machine Learning Engineer with academic background in Statistics.
New episode every other week.
In this episode, I talk to Sam Lloyd. Sam's academic background is in electrical and electronics engineering from the university of Cambridge. Sam has over 6 years of work experience across various engineering and data science roles. Currently, Sam is working at Infogrid as a Data Scientist. Infogrid is a fast growing IoT startup focused on optimising and automating facilities and building management using IoT sensors with software, machine learning and data science.
(00:17) - Guest introduction.
(01:43) - What do you do?
(03:34) - What is Data Science to Sam.
(06:53) - On being a Development Engineer working on jet engines.
(16:25) - How are jet engines tested.
(20:07) - Reflecting on Sam's first job after university at Rolls-Royce and on working in the field of jet engines.
(29:32) - Working on jet engines these days compared to 50 years ago.
(31:23) - Would Sam do any different if he could go back in time?
(34:42) - Career paths of electrical engineers and the beauty of automation in manufacturing.
(45:50) - The purpose of a coffee barista in the world of automation.
(58:26) - Do businesses always have to scale-up? (see Reference 1)
(01:02:32) - Talking Data Science. (see Reference 2)
(01:16:24) - Sam's career choices in Data Science.
(01:26:21) - Does one keep getting better at their job?
(01:30:13) - What is Data Science and what makes a good Data Scientist.
(01:36:33) - How did Sam decide to become a rower at the university of Cambridge and what was it like?
(01:41:04) - On socialising and the role of rowing.
(01:44:40) - A typical day of a rower.
(01:46:53) - What makes a good rower.
(01:49:03) - How to become a better rower.
(01:52:03) - Preparing for races and the importance of willpower.
(01:58:04) - Should you row?
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Restart was the wrong book title I tried to reference.
Instead, I meant to reference these two books:
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