Data, Data & Data with Adi Polak

12/09/20 • 48 min

Adi Polak is going to share her expertise and thoughts on Machine Learning, Big Data, and the future trends in the industry. She’s also gonna talk about how these complex things work, the challenges they present, and some of the buzzwords typical of her industry.

Adi’s gonna share with us which tasks she performs on a daily basis, which personality traits are beneficial for her work, and the differences between the different job roles in her field.

We’re also are gonna learn more about Adi’s involvement in the community, her approach to teaching and learning, and how this can make a difference in people’s lives.

Guest Bio:

Adi Polak is a senior software engineer and a developer advocate at Microsoft working on Azure, where she focuses on distributed systems, big data analysis, machine learning at scale, and functional programming. She does extensive work in the Big Data and Functional programming communities.

Adi has an extensive background in software development. She holds an M.sc in Software and Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University, during her studies she worked with IBM and Deutsch Telekom Research labs on various projects where she gained expertise in ML.

Adi was nominated to be 1 of 25 influential women in Software Development by Apiumhub.

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"It takes some dedicated work, but It takes strategic work sometimes as well. So it's not alwaysabout working hard, it's also about being strategic on the things that you decide to pursue." Adi Polak

Timestamps:

(0:44) Speakers and podcast introduction
(3:05) Microsoft activity in the Open Source field
(4:25) How Adi deals with Open Source work
(8:05) Differences between big data and machine learning
(12:33) The newest things in the industry
(15:43) Versioning challenges
(17:15) Different Job Roles and what makes them unique
(21:35) How Adi approaches learning
(26:05) How Adi teaches others
(29:08) How Covid-19 has changed things
(33:11) Personality traits that Adi finds beneficial in her role
(36:19) 3 things in tech that Adi's is excited about now
(37:42) Adi's favorite fantasy technology
(39:57) Adi's involvement in diversity projects
(43:33) How to help and encourage others
(46:46) Adi's shout-out to a special community

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Adi’s gonna share with us which tasks she performs on a daily basis, which personality traits are beneficial for her work, and the differences between the different job roles in her field.

We’re also are gonna learn more about Adi’s involvement in the community, her approach to teaching and learning, and how this can make a difference in people’s lives.

Guest Bio:

Adi was nominated to be 1 of 25 influential women in Software Development by Apiumhub.

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Timestamps:

(0:44) Speakers and podcast introduction
(3:05) Microsoft activity in the Open Source field
(4:25) How Adi deals with Open Source work
(8:05) Differences between big data and machine learning
(12:33) The newest things in the industry
(15:43) Versioning challenges
(17:15) Different Job Roles and what makes them unique
(21:35) How Adi approaches learning
(26:05) How Adi teaches others
(29:08) How Covid-19 has changed things
(33:11) Personality traits that Adi finds beneficial in her role
(36:19) 3 things in tech that Adi's is excited about now
(37:42) Adi's favorite fantasy technology
(39:57) Adi's involvement in diversity projects
(43:33) How to help and encourage others
(46:46) Adi's shout-out to a special community

Links:

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Previous Episode

Software & scaleups with Mike Martin

Mike Martin is going to talk to us about his role in the company, how ISVs and the Microsoft OCP operate, his thoughts on the future of tech, and the importance of diversity and inclusion in IT and outside of it.

He’s also going to share some key advice to future startups and scale-ups and he’ll explain his approach to software creation and what he believes are the key factors companies should focus on.

Mike’s going to talk about how he communicates with his team and how to provide constructive criticism in a way that encourages others.

We’re also going to learn more about Mike’s favorite communities, the importance of Ecology, and some of his personal experiences working with ISVs.

Guest Bio:

Mike Martin works for Microsoft Western Europe as Cloud Solution Architect for ISV's with a focus on the Microsoft Cloud Platform.

He’s been active in the IT industry for more than 20 years and has performed almost all types of job profiles, going from coaching and leading a team to architecting and systems design and training.

Today he’s primarily into the Microsoft Cloud Platform and Application Lifecycle Management. He’s not a stranger to both dev and IT Pro topics. On April 1st 2013 he also became a Microsoft Azure MVP, an award he managed to get 5 years in a row.

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"Think about how your business model should evolve and what you need to do next inside of your business model. Thinking of features it's not hard. Thinking of the next move in becoming a large enterprise......that's the hardest part." Mike Martin

Timestamps:

(1:31) Guest Introduction
(2:02) Mike's job role and tasks
(3:43) What is OCP and what are ISVs
(6:34) Things that Mike doesn’t do in his role
(7:45) The current trends in the industry
(11:54) How Mike's partners changed their use of tech
(14:58) A story about one of Mike’s ISVs
(20:24) Advice to future scale-ups and start-ups
(26:24) What to focus on when creating software
(34:22) Constructive criticism within the team
(40:51) Predictions on the future of tech
(49:35) Mike's thoughts on inclusiveness and diversity
(55:59) Some of Mike's favorite communities

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Growing strong communities with Isidora Katanic

Isidora Katanic is going talk to us about how to grow a strong community, how successful events are organized, her tips and tricks to give great online presentations, and the importance of diversity and inclusion.

She’s also going to share her opinion on how Covid-19 affected the conference world, and how these 2020 changes encouraged more people to join tech and use it in everyday life.

Isidora is going to talk about some of her future goals and share with us her favorite Community Projects as well as explaining to us what the “Head in the Cloud, Heart in the Community” video series is all about.

Guest Bio:

Isidora Katanic is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and Co-Host of the video series "Head in the cloud, Heart in the community".

She’s also the Co-Founder of the event management company districtUP - organizing IT community conferences Experts Live Europe and Experts Live Switzerland focused on Microsoft cloud, data center, security, and modern workplace technologies.

Isidora engages with the Microsoft community and travels around the world to organize, speak, and attend conferences to learn, connect, and share with others.

In 2020 Isidora has been awarded the #AzureHeroes badge in the category of Inclusive Leadership. She has also been selected as the 1st Cloud Community Champion, a community-driven initiative.

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“When you think about it, community stands for a common-unity. So I think the importance is to find people who actually have something in common, the power and success are to get those people to work together. To form a unity together.”Isidora Katanic

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