Ted Hallum: Meet Your Host | The Data Canteen #04

The Data Canteen

In this episode, former guest and fellow Veterans in Data Science & Machine Learning community member, Chris Sanchez, provides a formal introduction to your host here on The Data Canteen, Ted Hallum.

FEATURED GUEST:

Name: Ted Hallum

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedhallum/

Email: [e-mail]

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EPISODE LINKS:

Self-driving Cars with Ducky Town (edX MOOC): https://bit.ly/3jPWcQy

Becoming a Data Scientist (podcast): https://apple.co/3jQLIjT

Eye on AI (podcast): https://apple.co/3qpWlwu

SuperDataScience Podcast: https://apple.co/3u2JaUs

Build a Data Science Career (book): https://amzn.to/2NaGV0H

AI Superpowers (book): https://amzn.to/3s1p8aT

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OUTLINE:

00:00:07​ - Introduction

00:01:05 - A Not-So-STEM Background

00:09:32​ - Military Experience

00:11:33 - Post-military, Pre-data Science Civilian Career

00:14:06​ - How I Bumped Into Data Science

00:16:28​ - Time to go to Grad School

00:22:12 - Greatest Motivation

00:23:43 - Grappling with Imposter Syndrome

00:28:08 - Favorite Courses in Grad School

00:30:24 - The Antidotes to Imposter Syndrome

00:31:26 - First Data Science Job

00:42:42 - Second Data Science Job...err uhh...Geospatial Python Developer

00:48:58 - Machine Learning Engineer

00:51:19​ - Veterans in Data Science & Machine Learning and The Data Canteen

00:57:08 - Favorite Programming Language

01:00:41​ - Next MOOC: Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown

01:04:46​ - Podcast Recommendation #1: Becoming a Data Scientist

01:05:24 - Podcast Recommendation #2: Eye on AI

01:06:16 - Podcast Recommendation #2: SuperDataScience Podcast

01:06:41​ - Book Recommendation #1: Build a Data Science Career

01:07:15​ - Book Recommendation #1: AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order