605: Upskilling in Data Science and Machine Learning

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 11 a.m.

Kian Katanforoosh, CEO of Workera and Lecturer at Stanford University, joins Jon Krohn to reveal the tools, frameworks, and machine learning models that power his platform and remote team.\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\u2022 What a skills intelligence platform is [3:11]\n\u2022 How mentorship can be life-changing [7:45]\n\u2022 Four ways that ML drives Kian\u2019s skills intelligence platform [10:57]\n\u2022 Kian's day-to-day responsibilities as the CEO of Workera [21:00]\n\u2022 What frameworks and software languages Kian and his team selected for building their platform and why [24:20]\n\u2022 What Kian looks for in the data scientists and software engineers he hires [31:48]\n\u2022 Kian\u2019s Stanford Deep Learning class and mentors [34:58]\n\u2022 How Kian\u2019s passion for EdTech began [42:47]\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/605