How To Truly Become a Productive Person — “We all have the same 24 hours.” Hustle culture has deeply embedded this saying into the minds of its evangelist to remind everybody that there’s no excuse for subpar results. I’m not a fan of the hustle culture, but I agree with this saying to some extent: one day to…

#2 No distinction between work and life — Freelancing is absolutely not for everyone — you’ve probably heard it before. Most of the stories you’ll read online about people who quit their career as full-time freelancers to go back to the world of 9–5’s are usually based on some tragic experience they had while freelancing, for example, not…

Myth #6: Coding is for Men — There are several myths about coding that linger in the atmosphere. Many of these myths serve one specific purpose: to deter as many people as possible from learning how to code. Of course, this is not ideal — we all know how rewarding a programming career can be. Overcoming your…

Most of the Advice Out There is Not For Us — The niche you write in has a major impact on the potential earnings you can make as a freelance writer. Another thing your niche should dictate is how you charge your clients. Most articles you’ll find about pricing your freelance writing aren’t written with the machine learning & data science…

#3 Connect Others — The year was 2019. I had just detached myself from the cult I was actively part of for the prior four years. My goal for the next chapter of my life was clear: to break into the tech world. I only had a few months of experience with Python back…

Optimizing Your Client Acquisition Strategy — Marketplaces are the worst place you could look for freelance gigs. Almost all of the beginner freelancers I speak to assume the best way to begin their journey is to create a profile on platforms like Upwork, fiver, freelancer, etc. This couldn’t be further from the truth. These platforms may…

Lessons of an Ex-Top Rated Upwork Freelancer — It’s been one year since I last used Upwork. This may come as a surprise to those who recall how I was parading my top-rated talent badge on social media, but it’s true. Over time I’ve learned there are several other ways to land freelance clients and freelance marketplaces sit…

The Final Stage of the Machine Learning Workflow — Table of Contents: --> Why ML model monitoring is important --> Data related scenarios --> Model related scenarios --> The difficulty of monitoring ML systems --> Data science monitoring --> Engineers & DevOps (operations) monitoring --> Metrics for monitoring your…

Making Deployments Cheaper, Scalable, and Standardized Across Multiple Machines — Table of Contents --> Microservices --> Virtualization vs Containerization --> Docker & Docker Engine --> Installation --> Creating a docker image --> Fraud detection application --> Containerizing the application --> Wrap up These days, there are two main approaches for standardizing your software deployments across several machines to improve scalability…