Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

---

Alexey is a principal data scientist at OLX Group, He is also the founder of Data Talks Club with 4,100 members, and he also wrote a book called "Machine Learning Bookcamp" , to help people learn machine learning by doing projects.

We talked about:
- how Alexey transitioned into machine learning
- What kind of project helped him get his job
- 2 mistakes new data scientists often make
- Why do you need to know the baseline
- What makes you stand out as a candidate
- Is grad school worth it
- How to test different models
- His free machine learning course

This episode is also available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and other platforms. If you like the show subscribe to the channel and give us a 5-star review. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on dalianaliu.com for more on data science.

Daliana's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu
Daliana's Twitter: twitter.com/DalianaLiu

#datascience #machinelearning #ai #ml #career