How to choose the first machine learning project for your organization

3 years ago I struggled to land my first freelance ML engineering contract.

Then I discovered this ↓

Building one professional real-world ML project is the best way to stand out from the crowd, and land an ML job.

And here is how you can do it, step-by-step 👩‍💻👨🏽‍💻↓

Step 1. Find a real-world problem you are interested in

Working on projects is har... See more

The first rule of machine learning: Do not start with machine learning. Unfortunately, to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Whenever I get a call from a company to help them, they have already made their mind up: they want to use machine learning. It's always tempting to start the conversation there. Yet, machine learning is usually not th... See more

Disruptors reading this today, look to that top right quadrant. Those are the low-hanging, productizable fruit.

One bonus consideration: It’s worth studying the services that have high failure rates and been difficult to perform in the past. Can AI do much better? Then it’s worth pursuing.

Here's exactly how I approach building AI side projects in 6 steps: 1. Think of an idea that excites me but that is very simple. I should be able to describe it in 5 words to anyone. 2. Take a weekend and block it off entirely to focus on building the app. I'll generally take 15-30 hours to build an initial version. 3. Try to incorporate the latest... See more