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Orell Garten

Orell Garten's DataTalks.Club podcast discussions, organized for topic exploration.

Orell Garten

Background

Orell graduated in 2018 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, where he focused on simulation algorithms. He then began a PhD, but when COVID arrived, he decided to leave academia and look for new challenges. After that, he joined a government-funded startup program to explore how to turn scientific research into real products. Although that project didn’t go as planned, it taught him what he loves most: applying rigorous simulation methods to solve practical problems.

Podcast Discussions

• From Academic Research to Lean Data Consulting: MVP Strategy, Problem-First Thinking & Freelance Practice Building. Discussed: Episode Introduction & Overview; Career Background: Electrical Engineering and Simulation Algorithms; Transition Out of Academia During COVID; Simulation Research: RF and Wave Propagation Modeling. Related topics: data engineering, academia, AI, MLOps, computer vision, freelance, career transition.