Mouhcine Toumi

I worked as a Driver for 2 weeks

Being an introvert makes it very difficult for me to try out new things and get out of my comfort zone. A while ago, I decided to try driving for an Uber-like app called InDriver. It’s an app where you sign up and submit your info to become a

Work-Life balance is nonsense

Remember the last time you worked really hard ? how did it feel ? how long did it last ? did it pay off ? Imagine you could optimize your efforts to pull off a year of hard work to achieve something you want. I can’t help but imagine the amount of amazing

career

The reality of working for a Startup - part 2

As a follow up on what we discussed last time in Part 1, in this article, we’ll be discussing more challenges to watch out for when considering a job at a startup. To get the full picture, please read Part 1, but since your lazy ass won't do it,

career

The reality of working for a Startup

Working at a startup is often referred to as a cool thing to do, especially in tech. It feels like an advantageous thing to do. It’s a fast, agitated and ever changing environment. Which can be good for your career in so many ways, but I wont go through

technical

A simple streaming pipeline for GPS data

We can all agree that the name “Kafka” can be intimidating, but it’s no big deal. Data pipelines can happen in two different ways : Batch or Stream. Batch pipelines process the data by chunk, and they run periodically in general. Stream pipelines on the other hand process the data

technical

Abstracting Data Collection from a Website

For every data professional, the worst thing that can happen is having no data about the problem they are trying to solve. Sometimes the problem is so complex you can’t even afford to spend time worrying about collecting and processing data, you need it in a ready-to-use state ASAP.

career

How Trusting Others First Can Reshape Management As We Know It ?

In this article, we'll talk about the importance of trust in the workspace and how it can dramatically improve a company’s work environment. When I first started working at DASEC, the CEO trusted me. It was surprising to me why she didn’t micromanage me at all, even when

career

How I Always Filter Job Applications and Why ?

Our company always offers work opportunities for young graduates and I usually go through most of the hundreds of applications before I get to find interesting candidates. I’ve seen a countless number of mistakes and I would like to share with you how I filter job applications. This article

3 Simple Productivity Principles I follow everyday ( with Apps )

Being productive is the concern of all active people in society. Whether you are a student, a house husband, an employee or a business owner, you’ll always have things to do and constraints to respect. Personally, I always seek to improve and do more and better with less resources.

technical

Data Analysis is just an interview

Knowledgeable? or just gathering information?Nowadays, it’s very easy to be overwhelmed by the huge amount of information thrown at us through the internet, but surprisingly, even though the information is widely accessible to almost everyone, very few people are knowledgeable. Being knowledgeable about a subject is understanding it

How to Manage Engineers Without Authority

It is very common for new managers, especially the ones with no technical background to find managing engineers a bit difficult. Some find it intimidating because they are not very knowledgeable about the technicalities of the projects. Others overlook the importance of engineering and often lose some of their leadership

Escape being the pair of hands

As an engineer myself, I like solving technical problems. I find it very satisfying to sit in front of a problem and think about an elegant solution to it. When someone comes to me with a problem I used to immediately translate it to a technical problem and start working

Practical guide to identify your most valuable friends

Before you delete your mom's number make sure your read this first; this article is not for you to cut ties with everyone around you. This article is for you to identify people who will help you move forward with your career and life. Also, this article is not for

career

How to get the most out of your internship ?

Before graduating or starting a professional job, it is highly likely for a person to go through an number of internships. Internships are a very important experience to have before tackling the job market. I will not be talking about internships where you need to serve coffee and run errands

career

How to offer an unforgettable internship experience

If you are a student or a graduate, you must have went through at least one or two internships. Some see it as free labor, others see it as an opportunity to learn. I prefer the latter, especially when it's paid to be honest. I did 3 internships in 2

career

The gap between Academia and the Job Market in Data Science

By the time I am writing this, I had the chance to read more than 300 resumes for data science internships and assist to around 40 interviews, and I could see some common mistakes I would like to point out in this article in order to help people entering the

technical

Moving Data Around : Introduction to Data Engineering

In data science, 80% of the resources ( time, energy.. ) are spent on data collection, processing and cleaning, and only 20% is spent building AI models and analyzing data. I am currently working as a Data Scientist and I spend a good part of my time doing Data Engineering before getting

The moment you start reading

As a person who works in IT, I am really grateful for all the sources that helped me get to where I am today. All the YouTube videos, tutorials and courses I followed word by word. These things helped me learn so much when I nearly didn't know anything about

When your day isn't Enough

By the time I am writing this, I am refusing to sleep, angry at myself, and everyone who intervened with my free-time during the day. I lost control of my day, and now I am taking it back at the expense of my sleep. I decided to talk about this

The curse of being smart

Imagine two people, person A and B. Person A is a smart person and makes good decisions. Person B isn't as smart as person A but he makes decisions twice as fast. Overtime, the person B will gain more experience than person A and he'll have better chances in succeeding

career

Make Job Applications that Stand Out

Lately, I had the chance to go over 100+ resume of people applying for an end-of-studies internship as I did myself a year ago. I also assisted to some of the interviews and saw what I looked like a year ago. In this article, I will share with you my

Gaming is Not a Waste Of Time

At the beginning of the lockdown this year, I suddenly found myself unable to do many activities that I liked doing. I used to go to the gym very frequently, hang out with friends and see co-workers. As a solution, I started to watch more tv shows, eating bad and

Remote work is REAL Work

As we detailed in a previous article all the reasons to start working remotely. This time we are going to talk about the important things you should be capable of before you start a Remote lifestyle. By the end of the day, remote work is real work. You need to

technical

Extract data from any website in less than 5 minutes.

In my experience as a software engineer and Data science enthusiast, I've been fascinated by how many insights you can get by analyzing the right data. I started to download datasets and trying to process and visualize them. But sometimes I wanted to work with specific data on the internet

How to Do More

We have all had a moment when we sat down and started planing our lives, goals or even the tasks for the next day. I personally spent hours, sometimes days, trying to automate my workflows and boost my productivity. In most cases. Most of that invested energy and time goes