Moving from Academia to Industry - CJ Jenkins
We talked about: CJ’s background Evolutionary biology Learning machine learning Learning on the job and being honest with what you don’t know Convincing that you will be useful CJ’s first interview Transitioning to industry Tailoring your CV Data science courses Moving to Berlin Being selective vs ‘spray and pray’ Moving on to new jobs Plan for transitioning to industry Requirements for getting hired Publications, portfolios and pet projects Adjusting to industry Bad habits from academia Topics with long-term value CJ’s textbook Links: CJ's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-jenkins/ Positions for master students: one two Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html