The Ironhack Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

James Kenny, an engineer with a background in mechatronic engineering, discusses his career journey and his decision to join a bootcamp. He shares his interest in data analytics and machine learning and his desire to pivot into a more technical role. The conversation experiences technical difficulties and interruptions throughout. In this conversation, James Kenny discusses his experience in a data analytics bootcamp and his final project, a personal protective equipment (PPE) detection tool. He explains the daily structure of the bootcamp, which included warm-up activities, lab reviews, lectures, and project work. James also shares his insights on group work in the data analytics field compared to web development. The conversation touches on topics like GitHub, the origins of Linux, and the use of AI in the bootcamp. James offers advice for future bootcamp students and discusses his plans for the future, including pursuing roles in machine learning and computer vision.

Chapters

02:38 - Introduction and Bootcamp Experience

03:43 - Daily Structure of the Bootcamp

04:11 - Group Work in Data Analytics

05:47 - The Role of GitHub in Bootcamps

07:18 - The Origins of Linux and GitHub

09:15 - The Power of AI in the Bootcamp

14:19 - Creating a PPE Detection Tool

19:48 - Challenges in Training Machine Learning Models

28:32 - Future Plans: Machine Learning and Computer Vision

Jérôme Bau, co-founder of the newly launched Cuinti, shares his journey of building companies around AI and the challenges he faced. Jérôme started with Creatext back in 2020, a company focused on helping sales development representatives write better sales emails using AI. However, the timing was not right, and they eventually sold the company. Now, with Cuinti, Jérôme is helping sellers, customer support reps, and other customer-facing professionals train for different scenarios using AI. He emphasizes the importance of keeping code modular and adaptable to future changes in the AI landscape. Jérôme also discusses the potential future impact of AI on various industries and the need to focus on generating value beyond just the technology itself.

01:48 - Introduction and Background

03:50 - The Challenges of Timing in AI Startups

07:11 - Building Companies Around AI: Lessons Learned

11:03 - The Importance of Modularity and Adaptability

13:02 - The Future Impact of AI on Industries

16:36 - Going Beyond Technology: Generating True Value

27:26 - Future-Proofing and the Role of AI

31:23 - Using ChatGPT for Problem Solving and Summarization

Join us in this special episode, where we feature the incredible journey of 12-year-old Shivansh Saxena, a coding prodigy and CTO. Shivansh, who began coding at 8, shares his remarkable path in the tech world, offering unique insights and advice for self-learners and young aspirants.

Dive into Shivansh’s world as he discusses overcoming challenges, his passion for technology, and how he balances his role as a CTO with being a student. 

We invite Rachel De La Torre (aka performing artist Lamb Kebab) on the show to talk about the cross over of music and technology. 

As more and more musicians have access to tools from laptops right through to AI APIs, we discuss what making music means in 2020 and what the future might look like;  from Algoraves, to prosthetic ears, from Grimes to Github and a few last minute christmas gift ideas thrown in for good measure. 

IronHack Berlin’s Lead Data Analytics teacher at Sian Davis joins us to discuss the role of Data in tech and how it’s used to shape the world we live in.

Sian has spent more than 10 years in the field before teaching at IronHack and shares her experiences, expertise and advice with us as we look at some of the latest developments in the world of Tech.

Ethics of coding - with tech permeating more and more of the world we live in, we discuss the responsibility that lies with the young minds writing our future and how good practices can create a better community in tech. 

Our guest this week is tech giant product manager and international man of mystery  Jonny Farrow. 

The end of the first week of a new bootcamp has come and new Web-dev students Augustina and Facundo share their experiences so far.

Live from the IronHack Berlin Hackshow, the final day of DevOpsDan's bootcamp, with guests from all 3 cohorts!

Dan's project Pull-Req: https://pull-req.herokuapp.com/ 

The tests continue as we chat technology, Street Fighter, learning and more during episode 3.

Mira's Street fighter project: https://vomira.github.io/street-fighter/
Codewars Kata: https://www.codewars.com/kata/5b6db1acb118141f6b000060 

Insight into life at Ironhack's WebDev bootcamp, what to expect and how to prepare.