Debugging, Breadth vs Depth and Learning to be Bored, with Sharmili Roy

Episode 4 January 23, 2022 00:32:48
Debugging, Breadth vs Depth and Learning to be Bored, with Sharmili Roy
Parents in Tech
Debugging, Breadth vs Depth and Learning to be Bored, with Sharmili Roy

Jan 23 2022 | 00:32:48

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Show Notes

Debugging, Breadth vs Depth and Learning to be Bored, with Sharmili Roy.

 

Engineering experiences to instill self-sufficiency, self-awareness and survivability in our children who grow up in a tech-enabled world. Sharmili Roy shares how adaptability and debugging from her data science career is applied to parenting.

 

Sharmili Roy, mother of two sons aged seven and three, is a leader in AI and data science with a background in electrical engineering and biomedical imaging.  She’s currently Data Science Senior Lead at Tokopedia and a Bangkit Mentor, building the next generation of data scientists and data enthusiasts for Indonesia.

 

Sharmili takes us through the process of becoming conscious about skills gaps, and the active steps she took to address them by embarking on an EMBA. She talks about balancing between breadth and depth in learning, and shares her favourite toys and tools for fostering passion and curiosity in her sons, as well as her hopes for their futures.

 

 

To get in touch with Sharmili, find her on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sharmili-roy-b488265

 

Or shoot her an email at roy.sharmili [at] gmail [dot] com

 

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