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How to Get Ahead in Machine Learning with Zak Slayback (1517 Fund)

Podcast |: Machine Learning Engineered
Publisher |: Charlie You
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Artificial Intelligence,; Business,; Careers,; Data Science,; Interview,; Machine Learning,; Technology
Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Careers,; Science,; Technology
Publication Date |: Nov 17, 2020
Episode Duration |: 01:42:35

Zak Slayback is a principal at 1517 Fund, a venture capital fund that prioritizes working with dropouts. He wrote the excellent book "How to Get Ahead", one of my most recommended books on careers, and runs Get Ahead Labs where he teaches how to write outstanding cold emails.

Learn more about Zak:

https://zakslayback.com/

https://www.1517fund.com/

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Timestamps:

02:35 Zak Slayback

04:45 Using opportunity cost, signaling theory, and incentives to accelerate your career (https://zakslayback.com/frameworks-success-opportunity-cost/)

14:35 How to set career goals (https://zakslayback.com/ambition-mapping/)

20:15 Rene Girard and Mimetic Desire

24:30 The difference between a mentor, a coach/consultant, and an advisor (https://zakslayback.com/whats-difference-mentors-advisors-coaches/)

35:40 Finding a mentor (https://zakslayback.com/professional-mentor-dream-job/)

44:30 Fighting mental blocks against reaching out to potential mentors

47:30 Why you should start a personal website (https://zakslayback.com/why-start-a-website/)

56:15 What the most important "meta-skills" are and how to stack talents

01:05:35 Most over-looked sections of the book

01:09:00 The future of higher education: the new 95 theses from 1517 Fund (https://medium.com/1517/a-new-95-ec071200d98f)

01:23:05 What Zak thinks the most exciting trends in technology are

01:35:15 Rapid fire questions

Links:

The End of School and Building a Valuable Skillset with Zak Slayback

Deschool Yourself and Find Your Focus – With Zak Slayback

Zak's book - How to Get Ahead (highly recommended!)

Ambition Mapping

Rene Girard and Mimetic Desire

Zak discusses topics in his book "How to Get Ahead" including setting career goals, finding mentors, and marketing yourself effectively.