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M A N A G I N G & L E A D I N G A M A C H I N E L E A R N I N G T E A M : H O W I S I T D I F F E R E N T F R O M B E I N G A N I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U T O R ? Gabriela de Queiroz Sr. Engineering &

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M A N A G I N G & L E A D I N G

A M A C H I N E L E A R N I N G T E A M :

H O W I S I T D I F F E R E N T F R O M B E I N G A N

I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U T O R ?


 —
 Gabriela de Queiroz


  • Sr. Engineering & Data Science Manager/Developer Advocate

Founder of R-Ladies

@gdequeiroz | www.k-roz.com | gdq@ibm.com

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Center for Open Source Data and AI Technologies (CODAIT)

CODAIT aims to make AI solutions easier to create, deploy, and manage in the enterprise Relaunch of the Spark Technology Center (STC) to reflect expanded mission 30+ open source developers!

Watson West Building 505 Howard St. San Francisco, California

Improving Enterprise AI lifecycle in Open Source

Gather Data Analyze Data Machine Learning Deep Learning Deploy Model Maintain Model Python Data Science Stack Fabric for Deep Learning (FfDL)

Mleap + PFA Scikit-Learn Pandas Apache Spark Apache Spark Jupyter

Model Asset eXchange Keras + Tensorflow

CODAIT

codait.org

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Model Asset eXchange

  • A one-stop place for developers/data scientists to find

and use free and open source deep learning models

ibm.biz/model-exchange

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Model Asset eXchange

  • Wide variety of domains (text, audio, image, etc)
  • Multiple deep learning frameworks
  • Vetted and tested code and IP
  • Build and deploy a model web service 


in seconds

  • Training on Fabric for Deep Learning (FfDL) or Watson

Machine Learning in minutes

ibm.biz/model-exchange

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I N D I V I D U A L C O N T R I B U T O R

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M A N A G E R

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My career path:

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Statistician

Data Scientist/ Lead Data Scientist

Data Scientist Lead Data Scientist

  • Sr. Developer

Advocate (Data/AI/ML)

Jun 2018

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Few months later …

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Have you thought of becoming a manager?

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Individual Contributor Manager

two career paths

lateral move

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The Questions

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Questions that came up:

  • Is that the right path for me?
  • Am I going to become less technical?
  • Will my day-to-day be full of bureaucracy?
  • Am I going to be stuck on this path forever?
  • What about if I don’t like this?
  • Do I have the skills to succeed?
  • Am I going to be able to keep my work/life balance?

@gdequeiroz | www.k-roz.com | gdq@ibm.com

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Before saying yes,do your homework

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  • Talk to other people who made the same transition
  • Talk to people from your company and from different companies
  • Find online resources (books, talks, podcasts)
  • Think about some case scenarios (and worst case)
  • How do you feel about not being on control?
  • How do you feel about delegating tasks?
  • How would you feel about firing someone?
  • What about if someone leaves the team?
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And then you said yes …

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The Mindset Change

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It is not about you anymore

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It is all about your team

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The Challenges

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You will be spending less time coding than ever before

(and you should be ok with that)

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You will have a calendar full of meetings

this is not my calendar but my calendar is very similar

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Your work and impact will be measured differently

(being an IC is easier to measure the impact)

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You are responsible for others, for their satisfaction, for their performance and happiness

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This is entirely a new job

(new skills, new challenges, new imposter syndrome)

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How to be a great manager?

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Have a clear vision and strategy for the team

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Help your employees with career development

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Turn one person’s particular talent into performance

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Make sure they have the tools and support to succeed

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Understand that each person is different and has different needs

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Lessons Learned

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Find someone to mentor and guide you

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Take time to understand what your team needs

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Take time to bond with your team

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Remember that by empowering

  • thers,

you succeed

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Have some ME TIME

(block your calendar!)

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Resources that helped me

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+ Friends & Network

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THANK YOU!

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GDQ@IBM.COM K - R O Z . C O M @ G D E Q U E I R O Z INFO@RLADIES.ORG R L A D I E S . O R G @ R L A D I E S G L O B A L