The Senior Level — AI Guild Career Development Program

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2. Agenda • Why data career development? ◦ Practitioners’ struggles ◦ Company grind • The AI Guild Approach ◦ Bottom-up standard setting ◦ Competency profile for career goal setting ◦ Main elements of the program ◦ Join via personally or on a company ticket ◦ The predictable path to the Senior level • Your next steps
3. Why data career development?
4. Link to the article on Medium https://medium.com/ai-guild/the -datacareer-competency-profile- 8681d4a1dfae Please apply to the program via the website https://www.theguild.ai/career
5. Dr. Marija Vlajic Wheeler Senior industry expert Data scientist and ML engineer since 2013 PhD Astrophysics (Oxford) Head of the CDP Marija launched the first cohort in October 2020 LinkedIn
6. Practitioners’ struggles
7. You feel you are moving sideways from task to task, not forward
8. You have no senior colleagues around to learn from
9. You would like a position with more and/or different responsibilities but are unclear about what that position would look like or be called
10. You find many career paths exciting and struggle to decide what to focus on
11. You have a clear goal and want to get there as efficiently as possible
12. Company grind
13. Companies struggle to understand data careers
14. Job requirements often seem inconsistent
15. Roles are not defined clearly and often do not meet expectations
16. Seniority levels are defined poorly
17. Career paths often are non-existent
18. The AI Guild approach
19. o Based on your role as data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, ML engineer, NLP and CV practitioner -- both freelance and employed o Builds on the work you do in your existing role, and with your existing tasks and commitments Bottom-up from practitioners’ experience
20. Setting the standard for the Senior level
21. The Senior Level – An Example for the Data Scientist General ML and statistics Software engineering Data Systems Leads team through making well-reasoned design decisions Develops and defends an approach while considering pros and cons of multiple implementations Applies knowledge of industry trends and best practices and picks up emerging technologies quickly Develops deeper expertise across all three of the technical areas (to the right) Develops deeper knowledge of multiple ML techniques, their strengths and weaknesses, and when each technique is appropriate Reads and understands statistics and ML research papers Writes clean, well-formatted, and well-structured code Understands how to organize and develop a new software package Can deploy custom APIs Understands the inner workings of various database and parallel data processing technologies and their pros and cons *The Care and Feeding of Data Scientists by Michelangelo D'Agostino, Katie Malone, June 2019
22. The Senior Level – Example for the Data Scientist* Organizational Organizational continued Personal Works effectively with peers both on the team and off the team; influences peers beyond the immediate team Understands the business impact and benefit of their product areas and projects Collaborates with product teams to uncover new business opportunities Contributes to the team’s technical understanding by delivering documentation, tech talks, etc. Mentors via pair programming and code review Identifies problems and takes ownership of resolutions Leads by example, demonstrating good teamwork and being a good teammate Delivers quickly with minimal direction or oversight; responsible for end-to- end, high-quality delivery of complex projects Demonstrates persistence in the face of roadblocks and dispatches them efficiently by pulling in others as necessary Recognized as a leader in their team/ functional/technical area by their peers Proactively seeks out new sources of technical information in blogs and scientific papers and evangelizes them to the team *The Care and Feeding of Data Scientists by Michelangelo D'Agostino, Katie Malone, June 2019
23. Competency profile Professional mission Data skills Business impact
24. ◦ CV on steroids ◦ Allows for systematic assessment ◦ Moves you from thinking about a job to thinking about your career ◦ Clarifies the difference between where you are to where you want to be
25. ◦ Formal goal setting is a powerful tool for personal and professional development ◦ Motivates you and improves your performance ◦ Focuses your behavior to get from where you are to where you want to be Goal setting
26. Setting the standard + competency profile + goal setting
27. ◦ Structured program with monthly sessions ◦ Ideal for practitioners in years 2-5 of their career ◦ 1-on-1 competency profile development and career-goal setting in the first 4 months
28. ◦ Two monthly sessions ◦ Monthly check-up on your goals and progress ◦ Session on professional or personal development by a fellow practitioner, manager, career coach, or similar ◦ Accountability partner ◦ Yearly review with an independent senior expert and the head of the program Career development program structure
29. Option B Take out a personal subscription Option A Make use of the professional development or training budget Tax deductible, submit with your annual tax return
30. Simple and transparent pricing Option B ▪ A monthly subscription fee of EUR 100.- +VAT (=€119.-) ▪ Pay by card or direct debit authorization ▪ Cancel anytime with 30 days notice period Option A ▪ Pay with a company card or request an invoice ▪ Single installment €1200.- + VAT (= €1428.-) ▪ In two installments of €600.- + VAT (=€714.-) in the first and the sixth month.
31. Your predictable path to senior o Accelerate your path to senior by one year or more o Achieve peer validation for your competency profile o Raise your professional standing o Create better and more income opportunities o Build a long-term support network for your career
32. o Realize your professional mission o Be recognized as a domain expert o Be someone people want to work with again o Achieve high-quality end-to-end delivery o Get ready to lead and build teams Be the best senior you can
33. Your next steps
34. 1. Tell us about your struggle: apply to the program and have the interview.
35. 2. Join the program: your space for exchange with peers who understand what you’re going through, who you can rely on, and who hold you accountable.
36. 3. Figure out your professional mission: we help you combine your interests, your experience, and market demands to make the best career choice for yourself.
37. 4. Move forward in an intentional way: we support you with figuring out blind spots and where to focus on, and helping you get there through guidance and goal setting.
38. 5. Exchange and learn from people who have been in your shoes
39. Apply at any time www.theguild.ai/career