In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Jake Mannix, an accomplished data engineer who has had an amazing career.
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Notable Quotes Frank heartily recommends https://www.audible.com/pd/Head-Strong-Audiobook/B01N7TZPXR (Head Strong) ([00:50]) It takes a lot of time to fly from Farmville to India… ([2:40]) http://thedatadrivenbook.com (Audible) is a sponsor! ([04:00]) Jake is a https://entdna.com (Chief Data Engineer) for https://lucidworks.com/ (LucidWorks) ([06:15]) Jake describes a cool Systems Development Cycle… ([10:00]) … and compares and contrasts with Customer Service and Product Engineering. ([12:00]) Sometimes this cycle works “too good!” ([13:10]) Learn more about http://lucene.apache.org/core/ (Lucene). ([15:00]) We now search by typing questions. Not terms. ([15:40]) More about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_intent (Query-Intent Classification)… ([17:10]) “How Do I Do https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I+do+brain+surgery&oq=how+do+I+do+brain+surgery (Brain Surgery)” – Google Search ([18:25]) Smart search is based on closed loop analysis of “who clicks on what.” ([19:30]) One example of public search datasets: https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=US (Google Trends). ([21:30]) What is a garage-door opener? ([22:00]) “We expect a lot from search these days.” ([26:10]) Searching Amazon for https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=garage+door (garage door). ([26:40]) “Data is their foundation.” ([28:00]) “I’m a data engineer.” ([31:00]) “Math is fun but it’s 5% of the work.” What is most of the work? Data cleansing. ([31:20]) On https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/Numbers/Math/documents/Tensors_TM2002211716.pdf (tensors)… ([31:40]) Jake likes to run long distances over mountains! ([33:10]) Jake thinks self-driving cars will be cool. ([37:30]) Jake shares his encounter with the Moonies, which wins the Something Different About Yourself segment (to date). ([39:35]) Jake and his daughter like to listen to http://thedatadrivenbook.com (audio books). ([43:20]) Learn more about Jake on https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakemannix/ (LinkedIn)! ([44:00]) Jak helped build https://www.linkedin.com (LinkedIn)‘s search engine! ([44:44]) Check out the https://lucidworks.com/blog/ (LucidWorks blog). ([45:00])