What I read online #15
Smart Apps, AI/ML, Skills, Job Market, Survey, Apache Airflow, DoorDash, Data Platform, Equality Act, Trans, Human Rights, Habits, TEDx Talk, Know your worth
Apps using AI to automate your life and save you time
Apps that promise to help me automate life, save me huge amounts of time, identify whatever I point the camera at, etc.? I’m down. I actually already use Scan Thing’s smart algorithm to lift the text off a document or image and copy it to the clipboard and PictureThis to take a quick picture of unidentified plants which the app identifies for me in seconds. Learn more about these and a few more AI-enabled apps in this DigitalTrends article.
Most requested technical skills in the data job market - March 2021
“The tech scene is evolving fast. Blazingly fast.“ is this article’s opening statement authored by Vincent Claes, Grégoire Hornung, Mehdi Ouazza, and Adriaan Slechten - and I fully agree. But the authors have moved beyond making statements to research and monitor how the technical skills in the data job market are trending. Check the article where they describe how they did it, their insights and what’s coming next.
Apache Airflow Survey 2020
On a different survey, Apache Airflow, a popular platform for programmatically authoring, scheduling and monitoring data workflows, asked their community last year how they are using the platform, including use cases, deployment options, and how they see the future of the Apache Airflow platform. Check out the survey results on their blog.
How DoorDash is Scaling its Data Platform to Delight Customers and Meet our Growing Demand
On another very interesting blog post, the DoorDash engineering team describes their data and machine learning platform beginnings, challenges met along the way and the lessons learned, on their path to delight customers and meet real-life growing demand. This is an approximately ~20 long minutes reading but certainly worth your time.
A 16-year-old trans student just made history by testifying in favour of the Equality Act
On March 17, 2021, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the Equality Act (H.R. 5/S.393) comprehensive legislation that would codify federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ individuals and prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Stella Keating, a 16-year-old sophomore in Tacoma (WA), was the only trans youth to speak on behalf of the LGBTQ+ civil rights legislation on Wednesday.
4 Choices in life separate the Doers from the Dreamers
Living a successful life or leading a successful business requires developing and practising new core habits. According to this article, Bill Gates’ advice on the four habits that clearly separate the Doers from the Dreamers is curiosity, empowerment, delegation & focus.
Know your worth, and then ask for it
Check this talk presented to a local audience at TEDxColumbusWomen by Casey Brown, Pricing Consultant, where she shares helpful stories and learnings that can help you better communicate your value and get paid for your excellence.
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