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Episode 71

How To Break Into Designing "Inclusive" Microsoft LLMs + Navigating Bias & Privacy Concerns - w/ Advitya

Oct 16, 202401:09:41On YouTube too
Career TacticsCreator LeverageAI + Tech CareersLife Experiments
How To Break Into Designing "Inclusive" Microsoft LLMs + Navigating Bias & Privacy Concerns - w/ Advitya cover art

People get strange about accents because they confuse sounding local with belonging. Gurasis talks openly about being judged for how he spoke, the pressure to sand down your voice, and the bigger question underneath it: who gets to decide what 'professional' sounds like?

First moves to steal

  • Break Into Designing "Inclusive" Microsoft LLMs + Navigating Bias & Privacy Concerns - w/ Advitya
  • If you have ever edited your own speech mid-sentence, this will hit a little too close.

Fast scan timestamps

00:0000) Intro + Background(
00:0351) Advitya’s career snapshot(
00:0522) Landing Microsoft’s ML rotation program role spanning 4 orgs(
00:0825) Experience of studying Data Science at UC San Diego(
00:1111) Day in the life starting out at Microsoft(
00:1452) Hands-on experience working on products at Microsoft(

Show notes

People get strange about accents because they confuse sounding local with belonging. Gurasis talks openly about being judged for how he spoke, the pressure to sand down your voice, and the bigger question underneath it: who gets to decide what 'professional' sounds like? If you have ever edited your own speech mid-sentence, this will hit a little too close.