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Last Friday, I had an great conversation with Nathan Alder about the impact of AI on our industry. During our chat, I briefly shared my thoughts on how AI has helped me discover new ways to scale as I transitioned from an individual contributor to an engineering leader managing teams and project delivery. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic! How do you see AI impacting your field? Comment below with your insights and experiences. Catch the full interview and article here: https://lnkd.in/eXi5WCsG #AI #Fintech #SoftwareEngineering #CareerTips #FutureOfWork #Innovation

Exciting News! 🚀 I am excited to share that I have been accepted as a fellow in the Headstarter AI Software Engineering program! In this Program, I'll be working on 5 AI projects in 5 weeks and concluding with a final project. I look forward to honing my skills. It’s an incredible opportunity to grow technically and professionally. I am grateful for the support and guidance from Yasin Ehsan and Faizan Ahmed 🚀 💫 Stay tuned for updates on my journey! #Headstarter #SoftwareEngineering #ComputerScience

🌟 Thrilled to Share a Major Milestone! 🌟 Today marks the beginning of an exhilarating journey as I step into the role of a core committee member for the AI/ML group at Encode, PDEU's renowned coding club! 🚀 Key Highlights: 🔹 New Role: Joined the core committee of the AI/ML group at Encode. 🔹 Innovation and Exploration: Diving deep into the realms of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. 🔹 Collaborative Efforts: Working with an extraordinary team to push the envelope and create groundbreaking solutions. 🔹 Vision and Mission: 🔸 Foster a culture of relentless curiosity and cutting-edge research. 🔸 Organize workshops, seminars, and hackathons to ignite passion for AI and ML. 🔹 Commitment: Dedicated to driving technological advancements that resonate globally. 🔹 Gratitude and Enthusiasm: Excited to contribute my experience and enthusiasm to this journey. Gratitude fills my heart as I embark on this journey with Encode. The road ahead is filled with possibilities, and I can't wait to share our progress and breakthroughs with you all. Here’s to innovation, collaboration, and making an impact! 🌍✨ #AIML #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Technology #Innovation #Leadership #Encode #PDEU #TechCommunity #FutureForward

Thrilled to share that I've been accepted as a Software Engineering (SWE) fellow with Headstarter AI! I'm grateful for this incredible opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to innovative projects alongside talented individuals. Special thanks to Yasin Ehsan 🚀 for his guidance and support throughout the process. Looking forward to this exciting journey and the impact we'll make together! #HeadstarterAI #SWEfellowship #AI #SoftwareEngineering"

Why I left my VP of Data Engineering role at Walker & Dunlop to co-found HelloData.ai From the outside, you could say I was living the dream at 25. I had already been part of a startup acquisition and was VP of Data Engineering at a publicly traded company. So, why would I trade in stability to re-enter the world of startups? (It’s a question my family sure asked!) Here’s the answer: Pace and Passion: In the startup world, I thrived in the fast-paced environment, constantly pushing boundaries and innovating. In big companies, everything just takes longer. Everything requires discussion and approval, even for seemingly simple tasks. It was nice to have fewer fire drills, but after a while, I longed for the adrenaline rush of overcoming new challenges daily. Building vs. Maintenance: In my corporate role, I felt my creativity was underutilized. I was mostly maintaining existing systems rather than building new ones. There's a distinct thrill in creation and in turning new ideas into reality, which I really missed. Career Trajectory and Skill Growth: Looking ahead, I didn't see an appealing next step in my corporate path. I could manage a larger team or get “Senior” in front of my VP title, but what I valued most was continual learning. I wasn’t developing new skills fast enough which was a feeling I couldn’t ignore – it was time for a change. The AI Inflection Point: With AI just beginning to transform industries, I saw an opportunity I couldn't miss. I wanted to be at the forefront, not watching from the sidelines. Co-founding HelloData was my way of embracing the fastest-moving field in tech, bringing my own ideas to life, and contributing to an industry reshaping our world. For me, the risk of stepping out of my comfort zone was a big one, but the risk of becoming complacent was even bigger. I knew I would regret not having tried more than anything. So I took the leap! At HelloData, every day is a new challenge, a new opportunity to innovate and grow. Here, I've found my passion, pace, and purpose.

Dealing with today's big problems, like climate change and shaky economies, means we need new, clever ideas. And for these ideas, we need to learn new skills. ✨ 🔎 Right now, technology is changing really fast. Because of this, about half of the skills that workers have will need to be updated in the next five years. 💡 By 2027, about 6 out of 10 people will need to learn new things. The most important skills to focus on will be thinking creatively and analytically, and getting good at using AI and big data. 📢 Joining this mission, SkunkWorksDen is on a quest to help bridge the skills gap across various industries. Let the games begin! 📚 🧠 🎓 💣 💥 💪

This has been popping up in my social feed recently. Cognition; an AI lab and makers of the first AI software engineer - Devin. This is really crazy to see how far and quickly AI is integrating into our lives. If you have not seen this, check out their website https://lnkd.in/g2snshnR and their Introduction video [ https://lnkd.in/gwzdeyFi ] quick snippet of their Intro to Devin --- Meet Devin, the world’s first fully autonomous AI software engineer. Devin is a tireless, skilled teammate, equally ready to build alongside you or independently complete tasks for you to review. With Devin, engineers can focus on more interesting problems and engineering teams can strive for more ambitious goals -- How do you think this will change the landscape of software engineering?

There are many companies in the AI space, but very few are looking at the hardest problems of building AI applications and the infrastructure required to power them. TitanML is one of the few. And inference servers a concept that must be on your radar. Have you heard of inference servers before? Do you use one? Without an inference server, anyone working with AI in production must build caching, queuing, governance, lineage, and so much infrastructure to serve their AI models. Downloading your favorite open-source model from HuggingFace is the first step to having a robust AI app on production. Inference servers are in no VC landscape yet, but pay attention to the space. This will be a dedicated category akin to the explosion of vector database providers we saw in the last few years. And it is catching significant interest from the big players in the space, such as HuggingFace or Nvidia. Titan offers a fantastic product for organizations building AI apps and valuing robustness, performance, and control of their data. I share the team’s vision that open-source models are the way forward. We will deploy our LLMs on-premise or at the edge on the device. It was, therefore, a no-brainer to come and join Meryem and the team to help bring TitanML to the next level. How is your organization deploying its AI applications?

Just when you thought the tech world couldn't get any more exciting, our JARVEX Team is proud to announce the launch of #AIVory the world's first AI-controlled software engineering company! TLDR: We've harnessed the power of some magic AI stuff to create a groundbreaking system! Picture this – multi-layered LLMs (Large Language Models) taking instructions from specially trained staff, weaving architectural wonders, and churning out deployment-ready code in mere hours instead of weeks. We used to this inhouse for a while and now converted it to an externally available product. What does this mean for the future? A fundamental shift in the role of human developers as we embark on this groundbreaking journey. The game-changing combination of human expertise and AI ingenuity is rewriting the rules of software development as we know it. And I’m certain many will follow our idea and concept in the months to come. Our first large-scale projects are already in motion, and we can't wait to share the incredible transformations with you! Stay tuned for updates as we continue to shape the future of software engineering. Exciting times lie ahead, and we invite you to join us on this extraordinary adventure! Like, share, and comment to be part of the conversation – the future of tech is here, and it's called AIVory! 🚀🔗 #AIRevolution #AIVory #TechInnovation #SoftwareEngineering #FutureTech If you made it so far reading you might as well check out AIVory.de 😎

I'm rapidly approaching my first 4 months at Infer. 4 months at an early stage startup is actually quite a long time as so much happens! I've learned a huge amount so far and feel like I've developed a ton of new skills during this time. There really isn't a better place to broaden your domain expertise than at a startup where you get to wear so many hats. I've put together a video on some of my lessons learned. To summarise: Pre-seed is very different to Series A! Narrow is better than cool. We've transitioned from a broad data science platform to a hyper focused revenue intelligence product. This change in positioning has been huge for us There's power in community. Having chats, going to events, just speaking to people without ulterior motive has been so valuable. Outbound has dramatically changed. I took a year out before joining Infer, during this time the access to AI has fundamentally changed outbound. There's so much noise (and most of it is really not great) which puts extra focus on doing it right over doing it loads In-person is the winner. I've been to a fair few events during this 4 months and it's been so so helpful to actually build some kind of connection with people. I'm planning on recording and posting more videos to share the journey we're on, helping people get to know what we do and why we're doing it. But bear with me, the first few may be a bit clunky 😂 Big thanks to the amazing team we have at Infer. We're really onto something special and I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few months hold!