In today’s episode, my guest is Dion St. Hilaire. He has over a decade of experience as a Cloud Architect at Microsoft and does Cloud Computing consulting.  He breaks the mold of the typical software engineer, running a party events company while being a Cloud Computing consultant. I hope you enjoy the interview and take some lessons for your own journey in machine learning and tech.

✅  Connect with Dion St. Hilaire on LinkedIn: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionst/

✅  Connect with Dr. Mark Moyou on LinkedIn (leave a note about the video to connect):
https://bit.ly/3jx8AVQ

📒  Chapters 

00:00 Teaser
00:34 Introduction
02:40 Perspective and Views on the future of Tech Caribbean.
07:43 What is the biggest entry barrier in cloud computing for in the Caribbean
08:27 Recommended Cloud Training Programs
10:20 Early High School Journey
17:45 Coding mindset and journey to computer engineering 
26:09 Experience of getting recruited by Microsoft
29:23 Does Caribbean culture naturally help in consultancy at tech companies?
39:01 How to be a good digital transformation consultant at a tech company
46:20 Roadblocks, opportunities and advice on getting a job at big tech companies
54:15 Private consultancy and traveling experience
58:58 Balancing social life as a software engineer and the power of networking
1:08:39 General advice for high-schoolers, college students and professionals for their tech careers
1:16:20 Book Recommendations