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(32)Advice for New Principal Tech ICs (i.e., Notes to Myself)
Based on what I've learned from role models and mentors in Amazon
19 Oct 2025 Ā· 14 min Ā· leadership engineering career
How to Interview and Hire ML/AI Engineers
What to interview for, how to structure the phone screen, interview loop, and debrief, and a few tips.
07 Jul 2024 Ā· 21 min Ā· machinelearning career leadership š„
Why You Should Write Weekly 15-5s
15 minutes a week to document your work, increase visibility, and earn trust.
26 Jun 2022 Ā· 4 min Ā· mechanism productivity career
What I Wish I Knew About Onboarding Effectively
Mindset, 100-day plan, and balancing learning and taking action to earn trust.
Red Flags to Look Out for When Joining a Data Team
What to consider for in terms of data, roadmap, role, manager, tooling, etc.
13 Feb 2022 Ā· 8 min Ā· datascience machinelearning career
How to Keep Learning about Machine Learning
Beyond getting that starting role, how does one continue growing in the field?
19 Jan 2022 Ā· 6 min Ā· learning career machinelearning
The Data Scientist Show - Building end-to-end ML systems
Daliana and I had a 2hr chat on all things data science and machine learning.
02 Dec 2021 Ā· 1 min Ā· datascience machinelearning career
Informal Mentors Grew into ApplyingML.com!
More than two dozen interviews with ML Practitioners sharing their stories and advice
25 Nov 2021 Ā· 1 min Ā· machinelearning career š
Towards Data Science - Author Spotlight with Eugene Yan
My favourite project, how I write weekly and how you can start, and content I would like to see more of.
02 Jun 2021 Ā· 11 min Ā· career writing datascience
The Metagame of Applying Machine Learning
How to go from knowing machine learning to applying it at work to drive impact.
02 May 2021 Ā· 12 min Ā· machinelearning career š©·
My Impostor Syndrome Stories (Guest Post by Susan Shu)
Even high achieving individuals experience impostor syndrome; here's how Susan learned to manage it.
How to Live with Chronic Imposter Syndrome
More education, achievements, and awards don't shoo away imposter syndrome. Here's what might help.
Planning Your Career: Values and Superpowers
What do you deeply care about? What do you excel at? Build a career out of that.
DataTalksClub - The Importance Of Writing In A Tech Career
Why did I start writing? What's my writing process? What's the writing culture at Amazon like?
Mailbag: How to Get Experienced DS Resume Noticed by Recruiters?
How to increase the chances of getting called up by recruiters?
16 Jan 2021 Ā· 5 min Ā· career datascience š¬
Alexey Grigorev on His Career, Data Science, and Writing
How he switched from engineering to data science, what "senior" means, and how writing helps.
How to Prevent or Deal with a Data Science Role or Title Mismatch
Interview questions you should ask and how to evolve your job scope.
15 Nov 2020 Ā· 8 min Ā· datascience career
Applied / Research Scientist, ML Engineer: Whatās the Difference?
A personal take on their deliverables and skills, and what it means for the industry and your team.
08 Nov 2020 Ā· 11 min Ā· datascience machinelearning engineering career
Chip Huyen on Her Career, Writing, and Machine Learning
Setbacks she faced, overcoming them, and how writing changed her life.
01 Nov 2020 Ā· 11 min Ā· career machinelearning writing
Why Have a Data Science Portfolio and What It Shows
Not 'How to build a data science portfolio', but 'Whys' and 'Whats'.
18 Oct 2020 Ā· 15 min Ā· datascience learning career
CareerFair - Day-to-day as an Applied Scientist at Amazon
What's an average day like? What's great about the role? How's working in Amazon?
21 Sep 2020 Ā· 8 min Ā· datascience career
Datacast Podcast - Effective Data Science with Eugene Yan
My chat with James Le about my experience, leadership, agile, ML in production, writing, and more.
03 Sep 2020 Ā· 17 min Ā· datascience leadership career lazada
Mailbag: I'm Now a Senior DSāHow should I Approach this?
Becoming a senior after three years and dealing with imposter syndrome.
27 Aug 2020 Ā· 2 min Ā· career datascience š¬
How to Apply Crocker's Law for Feedback and Growth
Crocker's Law, cognitive dissonance, and how to receive (uncomfortable) feedback better.
Commando, Soldier, Police and Your Career Choices
Should I join a start-up? Which offer should I accept? A simple metaphor to guide your decisions.
12 Apr 2020 Ā· 6 min Ā· career
My Journey from Psych Grad to Leading Data Science at Lazada
How hard work, many failures, and a bit of luck got me into the field and up the ladder.
What does a Data Scientist really do?
No, you don't need a PhD or 10+ years of experience.
30 Apr 2019 Ā· 8 min Ā· career datascience
DataScience SG Meetup - Panel On the Different Roles in Data
What's the difference between a data scientist, data engineer, and ML engineer? A panel at Google.
17 Jan 2019 Ā· 4 min Ā· datascience career
SMU - What is Data Analytics and How do I get into it?
What is data science, how to pick it up, and how to enter the field? A discussion with SMU undergrads.
26 Aug 2017 Ā· 1 min Ā· datascience career
Tech in Asia - My Journey in Data Science and Advice for others
Sharing about why data science, data science myths, a typical day, and more with TIA.
26 Jul 2017 Ā· 4 min Ā· datascience career
SMU Masters in IT - How to get started in Data Science
Tools and skills to pick up and how to practice them. An Invited Talk with Masters in IT candidates.
26 Jun 2017 Ā· 1 min Ā· datascience learning career
How to get started in Data Science
Tools and skills to pick up, and how to practice them.
25 Jun 2017 Ā· 9 min Ā· datascience learning career
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