E13 #CareerJourney “Getting out of your comfort zone” with Alexander Junge, Head of Machine Learning at Corti

In this inspirational podcast Alex walks us through his career path, ML, AI and the importance of staying curious. He is passionate about ML and the discussion continues to  His role at Corti - Building a team behind a healthTech product using AI(NLP) for medical coding. A Strategic and Innovation role, includes Coding as well as managing a team. Corti is a Scale up company - doubling in size, in terms of number of people and market products, this brings new challenges associated with it. Definition of ML and AI for a novice like me Of course we had to talk about ChatGPT and Open source models - limitations, advantages, biases and ethical issues. His blog on “Getting out of your comfort zone” in 4 steps -  Make new connections Take action, make opportunities rather than waiting for it Embracing/Hanging in there - new things can be exhausting or uncomfortable Evaluate periodically Alex’s take home message is all about having a growth mindset!  𝗕𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: We want to build a community to inspire life science professionals and leaders through talent talks and organized events. Share knowledge across the life science community through personal stories of their journey. We encourage you to take part in shaping this community by sharing your feedback, questions or ideas. This you can do through our LinkedIn ⁠community page⁠⁠: 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: Feel free to share your ideas and your feedback using our voicemail that you can access⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠: (no voicemails will be published without your explicit approval). 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀: ⁠⁠Nehar Mortuza⁠⁠ and ⁠Søren Spanner Bach⁠⁠ Also, thanks to our podcast editor ⁠Shahnam Jilan⁠⁠ The episode was recorded on 24th March 2023