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| <h1>Application</h1><div><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="autolinked" data-behavior="truncate" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alitozan/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alitozan/</a><br><br></div><blockquote>I am already mentoring people voluntarily and leading a group of $0+ Data&Analytics enthusiasts occasionally (US and Canada based). I am so happy to see people getting jobs. Even manatees are consulting me after getting a job. So I love mentoring :)<br><br>I know SharpestMinds for a while ,and I wanted to be active broader in North America and to be honest generate some extra income using my skills. <br><br>As you'll see in my LinkedIn profile, I have a very diverse background in software development, research and development, machine learning, data science, and product analytics.<br>Happy to have a conversation and share how I can help more people.</blockquote><div><br></div><h1>Interview</h1><ul><li>started as SWE, R&D</li><li>then transitioned into DA and ML</li><li>Then DS at a bank</li><li>came to Canada 2017 from Turkey</li><li>worked at Loyalty One, building ML models to drive use engagement, reduce churn and CAC. Built like 20 models around marketing and customers</li><li>recently joined microsoft, 10 months now<ul><li>product focused</li><li>On OneDrive team, lots of experiments</li><li>building metrics to measure success</li></ul></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>How did you hear about SM?</strong></div><ul><li>Has known us for a long time, sees a lot posts on LinkedIn</li></ul><div><strong><br>Mentorship experience?</strong></div><ul><li>Already mentoring ppl, 40 ppl that get together every month, do a Q+A, some follow ups,<ul><li>built up a community organically over time, folks getting in touch to ask questions</li><li>turned into an email group, then monthly meetup</li></ul></li><li>some of them reach out and ask if he does this 1:1 formally</li><li>Can invite these mentees to the platform</li></ul><div><br><strong>What does a mentor do?</strong></div><ul><li><br></li></ul><div><br><strong>What are beginners lacking? And how can you help?</strong></div><ul><li>In the beginning, DS concepts. Is this the right job or not?</li><li>But focus on after they decide</li><li>The different areas of DS (product focused, engineering focused)</li><li>Bootcamp grads => now what?<ul><li>How to apply, resume</li></ul></li><li>Do a project, great for resume</li><li>As an interviewer, folks have difficult explaining projects, too much jargon, assume too much about your interviewers (like genomics, etc.). Make sure you can say in plain terms what you did (this was a classifier). And if you're targeting a general market, (e.g. users), you probably want a project that is more general, and customer oriented </li><li>I got an interview, help me prep<ul><li>recruiter call</li></ul></li><li>be curious, be relaxed, confidence boost</li></ul><div><br><strong>Questions about SM?</strong></div><ul><li>Can I bring in mentees from my own network?</li><li>What if they have a job already?</li></ul><div><br></div><div></div> | |
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