LABSThis week, we had an e-chat to learn more about Concept to Clinic challenge contributor Serhiy Shekhovtsov (@Serhiy-Shekhovtsov).
Hi Serhiy, who are you and what do you do professionally?¶
I am a self-taught programmer from Lviv, Ukraine. Have been working as a full stack software developer for more then 8 years. Co-founder of ShortPoint - successful startup supported by Silicon Oasis Founders and 500 Startups accelerators.
What is your experience working with data science or engineering projects?¶
I have broad experience in software development in general, but when it comes to Data Science - it's mostly course projects at Coursera courses and some kaggle competitions. I am new to most of technologies used on this project (Django, Vue.js, TypeScript), but I am good at learning and googling :-P
What got you interested in this Concept to Clinic project?¶
- An opportunity to contribute to something that really matters on a global scale.
- Getting hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology stack.
- Tasks you implement and code you write will (mostly) be useful, no matter what is your position on the leaderboard, unlike it's with a vast majority of other online competitions.
- A chance to get a prize even if you are not at the top of the global leaderboard.
How have you approached making positive contributions?¶
I really like the idea of the project, so I am trying my best and not giving up when something is not going smoothly. For example, I had trouble running Docker containers on my Windows 7 machine, but at the end I solved the issue and created a batch of useful scripts that makes development easier.
Do you have any advice for people who are thinking about contributing?¶
Do it :)
If you face issues - don't be shy to ask for help on Github, or ping me on Gitter, I am glad to be helpful.
Do you have any thoughts or advice for the challenge organizers?¶
Keep it up! Honestly, I find this project the best challenge I ever took part in.
What do you hope to see from this project in the coming months?¶
I am looking forward to see this project helping doctors and patients all over the world.