# How to think about Optimization - ML 102

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Podcast: [Adventures in Machine Learning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/adventures-in-machine-learning)
Published: 2023-02-03T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this week's episode, we meet with Micheal McCourt, the head of engineering at SigOpt. He is an industry expert on optimization algorithms, so expect to learn about constraint-active search, SigOpt's new open-source optimizer, and how to run an engineering team. Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club starting Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links Michael McCourt | SigOpt LinkedIn: Michael McCourt Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/adventures-in-machine-learning--6102041/support .

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