On Curiosity, feat. Sydney Trinidad | Traces, Appendix 9

A conversation with Sydney Trinidad about intellectual curiosity, creative pursuits, technical careers, software engineering, ML engineering, a vision for the future, and more.

Find me at cristian@ccb.life

About the Guest:  
Sydney graduated from Stanford with a BS in Symbolic Systems. She has previously worked as a software engineer and currently works as a machine learning engineer full time and part time at an AI consulting company. She lives with her husband Jason and their two dogs, Sweater and Pismo.


References:
-  The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (book): https://amzn.to/3saXRZx
-  Michael Sipser's Introduction to the Theory of Computation (textbook): https://amzn.to/3tUrgre
-  Douglas Hofstadter's Godel Escher Bach (book): https://amzn.to/3tQTe7u
-  Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (book): https://amzn.to/46KiQBy
-  Ludwig Wittgenstein's Major Works (book): https://amzn.to/46QSayX
-  John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays (book): https://amzn.to/40aC4O0
-  Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (book): https://amzn.to/3QfY5qk

Set Up:
  - Camera: https://amzn.to/3PZVscb (don't laugh)
  - Microphone: https://amzn.to/46f3pB5
  - Teleprompter Stand: https://amzn.to/3tgS98y
  - Telepromter App: https://amzn.to/46jdH31
  - Teleprompter Screen:  https://amzn.to/3PNfKFI (yup)
  - Headphones: https://amzn.to/46gMSwo

Chapters: 
00:00 On Curiosity, feat. Sydney Trinidad | Traces, Appendix 9
00:59 Picking A Major
08:57 Creative Pursuits
22:01 Aesthetics
27:24 Technical Pursuits
36:27 Philosophy
42:42 A Technical Career
59:48 A Vision
01:05:45 LLM Hobbies