Episode 35
How To Design Generative AI Features For Adobe Acrobat (& Break Into Machine Learning Engineering Roles) - w/ Nikhil
In this episode, featured not-expert is Nikhil Pentapalli. Nikhil is a Sr Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe, working with building cutting-edge Generative AI features on Adobe Acrobat.
First moves to steal
- Design Generative AI Features For Adobe Acrobat (& Break Into Machine Learning Engineering Roles) - w/ Nikhil
- Resources:ML / DS / GENAI Complete Roadmaphttps://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/e/2PACX-1vRvrcbJ06_L89mk2vtxXUBcbB__1LpJw5PNGOmUoy-Wa1PJlgtMUwiYXTMp_fSYEnaW1KPzGUreTt4i/pubRAG / LLMs Roadmap with prereq'shttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsmNuMVSHP8rqQTEli2H1GqzBi4d0IBqd-McRFvp-KE/edit?gid=0#gid=0E2E - Ragshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsmNuMVSHP8rqQTEli2H1GqzBi4d0IBqd-McRFvp-KE/edit?gid=0#gid=0Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction + Background(02:16) Build projects or practice algorithms for breaking into MLE roles?(04:38) Importance of building ML projects(08:24) Starting career as an MLE at Reliance(13:29) Transitioning to the US for Masters(16:52) US Internship Experience & Early Projects(20:04) What EXACTLY did OpenAI do to take the world by storm?(24:30) Starting at Adobe - 1 application, 1 offer letter(27:11) How to prep for MLE interviews (resources in video description)(30:28) Working at Adobe(33:59) Innovations in Adobe Acrobat(37:49) Generative AI in Creative Applications(43:28) Designing UI/UX for Generative AI apps(47:07) Future of Adobe Acrobat with GenAI capabilities(51:26) How to correctly use ChatGPT(56:11) $300k/year prompt engineers(58:47) Outro + Gratitude
- if I want to forge a career in machine learning and or artificial intelligence what should I focus on should I look at...
- building stuff or should I upskill myself doing lead codes so firstly it's not just one part what did chat GPT do not...
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A few lines worth stealing before you hand over the full hour.
if I want to forge a career in machine learning and or artificial intelligence what should I focus on should I look at what should I focus on should I look at building stuff or should I upskill
building stuff or should I upskill myself doing lead codes so firstly it's not just one part what did chat GPT do not just one part what did chat GPT do that made them the biggest name in Tech
that made them the biggest name in Tech last year machine learning is almost everything is about research some of my friends they don't come from traditional research backgrounds and neither do they
research backgrounds and neither do they have any inclination to do any research are there any courses that would be good for people that are passionate about machine learning I had to reach out to
machine learning I had to reach out to the hiring manager for that role and then I straight away got the interview I mean that's honestly a flex right there how do you make good uiux specifically
Show notes
In this episode, featured not-expert is Nikhil Pentapalli. Nikhil is a Sr Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe, working with building cutting-edge Generative AI features on Adobe Acrobat. Nikhil references his experiences and learnings from working with document intelligence for almost 5 years to walk us thru the best ways for current students and professionals to get hired for their first job as machine learning engineers. We also deep-dive into the best strategies to set oneself apart by building projects implementing Machine Learning and interview process for most MLE positions. Nikhil also takes us thru a day in the life at Adobe and what the future holds for Gen AI capabilities for Adobe Acrobat, the most popular PDF tool in the world - and his take on the impact of AI in the not-so-distant future.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Resources:ML / DS / GENAI Complete Roadmaphttps://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/e/2PACX-1vRvrcbJ06_L89mk2vtxXUBcbB__1LpJw5PNGOmUoy-Wa1PJlgtMUwiYXTMp_fSYEnaW1KPzGUreTt4i/pubRAG / LLMs Roadmap with prereq'shttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsmNuMVSHP8rqQTEli2H1GqzBi4d0IBqd-McRFvp-KE/edit?gid=0#gid=0E2E - Ragshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dsmNuMVSHP8rqQTEli2H1GqzBi4d0IBqd-McRFvp-KE/edit?gid=0#gid=0Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction + Background(02:16) Build projects or practice algorithms for breaking into MLE roles?(04:38) Importance of building ML projects(08:24) Starting career as an MLE at Reliance(13:29) Transitioning to the US for Masters(16:52) US Internship Experience & Early Projects(20:04) What EXACTLY did OpenAI do to take the world by storm?(24:30) Starting at Adobe - 1 application, 1 offer letter(27:11) How to prep for MLE interviews (resources in video description)(30:28) Working at Adobe(33:59) Innovations in Adobe Acrobat(37:49) Generative AI in Creative Applications(43:28) Designing UI/UX for Generative AI apps(47:07) Future of Adobe Acrobat with GenAI capabilities(51:26) How to correctly use ChatGPT(56:11) $300k/year prompt engineers(58:47) Outro + Gratitude