Thread by @mrdbourke

Outstanding post by @marksaroufim

He put into words something I’ve been thinking but didn’t quite know why.

@huggingface & @weights_biases are two of my favourite ML companies.

Why?

Because like @fastdotai...

They create community.

https://twitter.com/marksaroufim/status/1386718728662884358

I’d also add @roboflow into the mix of my favourite up and coming ML companies.

People like people.

Roboflow are making things and sharing ideas directly from the engineers/founders.

It’s good to relate to the people behind the product.

Not to mention the memes throughout this post are worth their weight in gold.

This one describes perfectly describes my last 3 years online (except replace Twitter w/ YouTube).

Note for myself going forward: leverage product off media/community base.

Great lessons in the post for up and coming ML startups:

- Build community
- Spend less time interacting with the competition & more time interacting with people who use your creations
- ML is becoming easier (frameworks, etc) so don’t count on SOTA as your special sauce

Also great tips for those looking for a job

- contribute to open source
- publish your work (words/code)
- get involved with a community of some kind

“Start the job before you have it“