Carly Taylor — Lead ML Engineer for the "Call of Duty" franchise — joined me for today's fun, super informative episode on low-latency software engineering, real-time ML, and the future of gaming.
Carly:
• Grew rapidly from a Sr Data Scientist role to simultaneously holding "Expert ML Engineer" and "Sr Mgr — Security Strategy" titles since joining Activision two years ago.
• At Activision, specifically works on Call of Duty, one of the top-grossing video game franchises of all time, with over $30 billion in sales and 250m global users annually.
• Prior to Activision, rapidly grew from Analyst to Data Scientist roles.
• Has amassed a LinkedIn following of 75k+ by regularly posting fruitful tips on breaking into a data science career and progressing within it.
• Advocates for women in STEM, tech, and gaming careers.
• Offers 1:1 career consulting to anyone who desires it.
• Holds a Masters in Computational Chemistry from the University of Colorado and completed the Galvanize Data Science Immersive program.
Today’s episode certainly has technical tidbits throughout that will be useful to hands-on practitioner but much of the wide-ranging conversation will be fascinating to any listener, particularly if you have an interest in video games, the so-called metaverse, or real-time machine learning.
In this episode, Carly details:
• What the future of gaming holds.
• Why low-latency is critical for an optimal gaming experience and the tools that online engineers use to make it happen.
• Her favorite operating systems, software packages, and keyboards.
• How to transition effectively from a quantitative academic background into data science.
• How to file a patent.
• Why she’s called the “Rebel Data Scientist”.
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