Xavier Amatriain interview
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Claims that data and text are raw material that can be either noise or turned into usable knowledge, and that success is not volume but the pipeline and judgment between raw inputs and product. Describes using ML and engineering to convert signals into user-facing features at Quora-scale, stresses curiosity + rigor as core skills, recommends projects with measurable real-world impact, and emphasizes that method and evaluation decide whether a system actually works.
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