Alex (Melkey Dev) is a Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Amazon. In this episode, he shares his journey into the world of AI and gives invaluable advice on how you can do the same thing yourself.

This refreshing episode has lit a fire under me to go harder than ever in tech, and I hope it will do the same for you. Enjoy!

Melkey’s Socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelkeyDev
YouTube: https://t.co/WGegciszSw
Twitch: https://t.co/rbbsKAciU4

Book a 1:1 w/ me! – https://topmate.io/realchrissean

Zero To Mastery Courses I That I Recommend Below:
– Master React.js Here: https://bit.ly/LearnReactNow
– Complete Jr to Sr Web Dev Roadmap: https://bit.ly/Jr2SrRoadMap
– Master FAANG Coding Interviews: https://bit.ly/FAANGPREP

Chris Sean Talks Podcast: https://spoti.fi/2YuqPEY
TikTok & Twitter: @RealChrisSean

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Unique path into Machine Learning
1:40 – Learning AI before the LLM boom
2:35 – Why did you dive into AI so early?
5:15 – Did you expect AI to boom so soon?
7:21 – What is an ML engineer?
11:13 – How to become a Jr ML Engineer with no degree in 2023?
17:54 – How to become an ML engineer at Startup?
21:09 – The differences between interviewing at FAANG vs Startups
22:14 – Is FAANG easier to interview for than Startups?
25:07 – How to become good at LeetCode?
29:31 – Why so many people quit learning code
37:46 – My biggest regret in tech
41:49 – How many times I almost left YouTube
45:37 – The pressures of working in tech
54:09 – Why FAANG?
56:57 – What do ML Engineers often fail at during the ML Interview?
59:35 – Losing that hunger in tech
01:00:00 – How much do you make at FAANG now?
01:07:05 – We need to hang out more often
01:09:00 – last message from Melkey

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