Pathway to Senior for Early ML & Data Professionals

New

3 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Master key skills & requirements of Senior MLE / DS. Learn to design & lead Senior-level projects with proven strategies & personal feedback

Pathway to Senior for Early ML & Data Professionals

New

3 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Master key skills & requirements of Senior MLE / DS. Learn to design & lead Senior-level projects with proven strategies & personal feedback

Hosted by

Susan Shu Chang

2x Principal Data Scientist who reached Senior Data Scientist in 2 years

Susan Shu Chang

2x Principal Data Scientist who reached Senior Data Scientist in 2 years

Currently at

Course overview

Reach the Senior level as an ML practitioner

Course content:

• How to identify, and plug, the skills gaps preventing you from reaching Senior-level

• How to get and lead Senior-level projects effectively

• How to become an ML expert in and out of your team

• How to get your manager’s support to reach Senior-level

• How to scale yourself and multiply the outcomes of your team

• How to stay up to date and competitive in the fast moving ML/AI field

Bonus: How to handle the current job market downturn

Course materials:

Equip yourself with frameworks, templates, and real-world, tested and proven strategies that have helped countless ML practitioners reach the senior level.

• Real world case studies of Senior-level promotions: what worked and what didn't

• Example ML career ladder requirements from a diverse set of companies

• Detailed scripts and email templates when asking for a Senior-level promotion

• Design document templates

• 1:1 template, growth plan template, brag doc template, performance review template

Bonus: Build your own Pathway to Senior MLE/DS plan to follow after the course

Course format

• Highly interactive presentations and demos

• Live feedback on your projects, skill strengths and gaps (for attendees who volunteer)

• Multiple live Q&A sessions for personalized answers to your situation

• Templates and plans for you to use after the course

One of my favorite benefits of running a live course (multiple runs of my highly rated O'Reilly Machine Learning Interviews course) is providing personalized feedback.

General information online is helpful, but they don't know what situation you are in, your background and experiences. I want to make sure this course helps you get action points you won't get anywhere else tailored to your specific situation.

Who is this course for

You're a mid level machine learning engineer or data scientist who wants a step-by-step walkthrough of the skills you need to get to Senior.

You're a senior MLE/DS and want to learn if you're doing everything you can to be effective at your role and plug any gaps.

You're a junior MLE/DS and want to plan ahead for the future and build your roadmap to senior MLE/DS.

You're a mid level machine learning engineer or data scientist who wants a step-by-step walkthrough of the skills you need to get to Senior.

You're a senior MLE/DS and want to learn if you're doing everything you can to be effective at your role and plug any gaps.

You're a junior MLE/DS and want to plan ahead for the future and build your roadmap to senior MLE/DS.

What you’ll get out of this course

Uncover and plug skills gaps preventing you from reaching senior level

Are you shipping Senior-level code? Does your day to day consist more of Junior-level tasks? This course will help you identify the answers and how to overcome them.

Get and lead Senior-level projects effectively

In many organizations, promotions rely on you performing at the next level already. If you're not placed on projects that demonstrate you can succeed at Senior-level, promotions will be a challenge.

We'll walk through templates to make your case, and design docs templates.

Become an ML expert in and out of your team

It's important to not only be stuck being an expert in your team; in many org's requirements for Senior, you have to be known and trusted by teams outside your own. How do you gain that influence and trust? This course will walk through these challenges and how to overcome them.

Get your manager's support to reach Senior-level

Oftentimes, promotions aren't just handed to you; you'll need to discuss and present your accomplishments to persuade your manager. This section walks through strategies and Performance review templates, brag doc templates and promotion conversations.

Scale yourself and multiply the outcomes of your team

As you grow in your career, it's not about only the ML you ship (1x to your time), but about growing the team around you (Nx, the N being the number of teammates you impact). Learn how to run 1:1s with your Junior teammates and help them grow.

Stay up to date and competitive in the fast moving ML/AI field

A unique challenge of career development in the ML/AI field is the sheer amount of new information. What new tools, frameworks, and models should you be paying attention to? This section teaches you how to cut through the noise, follow the money and impact, and not get distracted

This course includes

3 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

14 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

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Week 1
May 25—May 26
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
May
25
Pathway to Senior: Session 1
Pathway to Senior: Session 1
Sat, May 25, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Modules
Module 1 - ML/DS Career Ladders
Module 1 - ML/DS Career Ladders
2 Lessons
Module 2 - Get and lead Senior-level projects effectively
Module 2 - Get and lead Senior-level projects effectively
2 Lessons
Week 2
May 27—Jun 2
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jun
1
Pathway to Senior: Session 2
Pathway to Senior: Session 2
Sat, Jun 1, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Modules
Module 3 - Become and ML expert in and out of your team
Module 3 - Become and ML expert in and out of your team
1 Lesson
Module 4 - Get your manager's support to reach Senior-level
Module 4 - Get your manager's support to reach Senior-level
3 Lessons
Week 3
Jun 3—Jun 8
Week dates are set to instructor's time zone
Events
Jun
8
Pathway to Senior: Session 3
Pathway to Senior: Session 3
Sat, Jun 8, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Modules
Module 5 - Scale yourself and become a force multiplier
Module 5 - Scale yourself and become a force multiplier
2 Lessons
Module 6 - Stay up to date and competitive in the ML/AI field
Module 6 - Stay up to date and competitive in the ML/AI field
3 Lessons
Bonus
Modules
All materials: Compiled resource documents
All materials: Compiled resource documents
1 Lesson
Video recording of all live sessions
Video recording of all live sessions
0 Lessons • 0 Projects
ML/AI field outlook document
ML/AI field outlook document
0 Lessons • 0 Projects

Meet your instructor

Susan Shu Chang

Susan is a Principal Data Scientist at Elastic (of Elasticsearch), with previous ML experience in fintech, telecommunications, and social platforms. She reached Senior Data Scientist in 2 years, and has been Principal Data Scientist at 2 companies. Susan is the author of Machine Learning Interviews, published by O’Reilly; she runs a recurring O’Reilly bootcamp/course on the same topic.

Her writing and talks has helped hundreds of ML jobseekers enter the field. Susan is an international speaker, with talks at 6 PyCons worldwide and keynotes at Data Day Texas, PyCon DE & PyData Berlin, and O’Reilly’s AI Superstream. She writes about machine learning career growth in her newsletter, susanshu.substack.com.

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