What is a Tech Lead REALLY (Zach Wilson) - KNN Ep.97

​‪@EcZachly_‬ (Zach Wilson) is a tech lead at Airbnb and a content creator on LinkedIn with over 150k followers. He is passionate about data engineering and mental health. He also has an awesome YouTube channel, Data with Zach, where he teaches people about data and data engineering. In this episode, Zach explains what it means to be a tech lead, a position that I was personally confused about, how he was able to reach leadership in such a short period of time, and why he finds jumping between engineering and data roles has led to his own personal growth. Zach brings an awesome energy to our conversations, and I’m happy we get to share this talk with you all!

Zach's Linkedin:   / eczachly  

00:00 Introduction
02:34 How did you first get interested in data?
05:31 Experience choosing majors in college.
10:32 A.I Competitiveness in games.
13:43 How did you make your first career transition into data?
20:32 Software Engineering and Data Science role similarities and differences.
30:28 What does it mean to be a Tech Lead?
36:49 How to work towards becoming a tech lead?
40:34 Experience building an online brand and public storytelling.
50:32 Calculated risks when writing content online.
55:51 Final remarks/answering user questions.

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