Maturity as a programmer is being happy the problem was something dumb rather than being something hard.
— Hilary Mason (@hmason) March 3, 2021
Maturity as a programmer is being happy the problem was something dumb rather than being something hard.
— Hilary Mason (@hmason) March 3, 2021
Just because something involves technology doesn't mean it's progress. Progress involves creating value in people's lives.
— François Chollet (@fchollet) March 1, 2021
✅ feeling lost 98% of the time and not knowing if your approach makes sense
— Radek Osmulski (@radekosmulski) February 24, 2021
✅ identifying and trusting good advice among so much noise
✅ finding the time to study when being a parent, a student, an employee
✅ learning how to pick projects to work on for self-study
This is the AutoML debate all over again. No, you can't replace your data scientists with AutoML code -- what are you going to do when it doesn't work?
— Hilary Mason (@hmason) February 22, 2021
Same for prompt engineering vs ML engineering. If you're building these systems you need to understand them. https://t.co/nj1kQTetiw
For best results, fall in the love with the process, not the result
— François Chollet (@fchollet) February 22, 2021
8 reasons machine learning projects fail - by @elenasamuylova
— Alexey Grigorev (@Al_Grigor) February 21, 2021
🔸 Doing ML for wrong reasons
🔸 ML not needed
🔸 Bad data
🔸 Poor problem framing
🔸 Model ≠ product
🔸 Bad infrastructure
🔸 No trust from stakeholders
🔸 Production failures
Solution? 👉 https://t.co/mvs7sJyxDe pic.twitter.com/poTAzwWT4b
To discover something, you must first expect to find it.
— François Chollet (@fchollet) February 16, 2021
Writing tests can often feel like a waste of time...
— Jim Hester (@jimhester_) February 16, 2021
tests let you refactor your code with more confidence, so you can later improve the
readability, performance or structure.
They also ensure external contributions are correct.
tests help your future self a lot, use them!
The smartest person in the room doesn't need to be the leader of the team and vice versa.
— Andrew Trask (@iamtrask) February 16, 2021
I have worked on this problem for a long time at this point. Here is the best strategy I've come up with:
— Chris Albon (@chrisalbon) February 13, 2021
1. Remove educational requirements in job postings. No "CS degree or similar" etc.
2. Read the cover letter, let folks explain why they are right for the role.
1/n https://t.co/Lnee1f0SqH
This is quite different to my experience.
— Neil Lawrence (@lawrennd) February 11, 2021
My breakthrough progress always occurred through inspiration.
I needed time and space to think and interact with colleagues and students.
Perspiration does follow ... but I haven't worked a 90 hr week since I left oil rigs in 1997. https://t.co/8xwhnRQ4kv
It isn’t cheap to build the systems that show you what’s coming at you.
— Tim Harford (@TimHarford) February 5, 2021
But failing to build them? That’s far more expensive.
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