Navigating Academia and Industry: MATLAB vs Open Source and the Journey to a PhD

Dan Shiebler joins us to discuss his category theory Ph.D. program, his full-time job at Twitter, and how the two crossover and combine in his overall data work.

In this episode you will learn:

• Dan’s neuroscience undergrad and MATLAB [4:12]
• Dan’s Ph.D. timeline and research [14:01]
• How to start a Ph.D. while working full time [22:45]
• Dan’s work at TrueMotion and label data [30:39]
• Dan’s title and role at Twitter [39:15]
• Specific projects at Twitter [44:09]
• What skills someone should bring to a Twitter job interview [52:06]
• What machine learning approaches will be important in the future? [1:00:38]

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