"Juniors never lived well in Rus'" | Valery Babushkin, Part 2
Valery Babushkin is a leading expert in machine learning, Senior Director of Data & AI at BP (British Petroleum), Kaggle Competitions Grandmaster, and author of the book "Machine Learning System Design." Valery led the machine learning team at Alibaba Russia, managed a large analytics team at X5 Retail Group, worked at FAANG, and held leading positions at Blockchain.com. In this interview, he shares his experience, discusses career development in ML/DS in Russia and abroad, compares work at startups and corporations, explains the inner workings of big tech, and offers valuable advice to aspiring professionals.
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Teaser
1:12 - Introducing the Guest
2:56 - When was the last time you realized you did something wrong in ML but it turned out well?
5:36 - Who inspires Valery?
10:24 - What idea does Valery disagree with in the ML community?
13:30 - The biggest screw-up in his career
16:25 - What surprised Valery when he moved from Russian to foreign companies?
25:30 - Russia is one and a half generations behind the West in AI
34:30 - The challenges of transitioning from one position to another
36:44 - Startup vs. large company
37:50 - Advice for those who want to work in big tech
41:20 - The benefits of working at FAANG
48:40 - Was there a time when I accepted the wrong offer?
56:02 - Interviews at BP
1:00:18 - How to interview a junior specialist?
1:03:13 - The importance of a specialized education
1:04:37 - Advice for ML/DS specialists
1:17:12 - Conclusion