Tech evangelism is a relatively new term, so Andrew explains what it is, how he became a tech evangelist at Dremio, and why he values this designation among modern tech professionals. He shares the pain points that inspired his choice to join Dremio, what Dremio as an organization is all about, how the company uses generative AI, and the common obstacles that Andrew is faced with at work.
Andrew shares how generative AI is used by academic institutions, why employers and educators need to curb their fear of AI, what we need to consider for using AI responsibly, and the ins and outs of Andrew’s podcast, Insight x Design.
Key Points From This Episode:
“Once I learned about lakehouses and Apache Iceberg and how you can just do all of your work on top of the data lake itself, it really made my life a lot easier with doing real-time analytics.” — @insightsxdesign [0:04:24]
“Data analysts have always been expected to be technical, but now, given the rise of the amount of data that we’re dealing with and the limitations of data engineering teams and their capacity, data analysts are expected to do a lot more data engineering.” — @insightsxdesign [0:07:49]
“Keeping it simple and short is ideal when dealing with AI.” — @insightsxdesign [0:12:58]
“The purpose of higher education isn’t to get a piece of paper, it’s to learn something and to gain new skills.” — @insightsxdesign [0:17:35]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Sama provides ML Professionals and AI team Leads with an indispensable solution for Computer Vision data labeling.
