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And it's out!

It finally happened! After 5 years of writing, editing, more editing, finding an agent, finding an author... My book has finally been published! I'm not going to lie, it's been a long and winding road - see my last post about writing it , and I'll follow up with another about the journey to publishing. But it's ultimately all worth it, you can buy my work at Amazon and a whole bunch of other retailers. A super rewarding experience! If you're interested, you can get a copy here: https://a.co/d/838Ijir (paperback or Kindle). Of course I'd be thrilled if you, dear reader, buy it and let me know what you think! Even better, leave a review on Amazon :) Any kind of feedback is highly appreciated, and I really mean it. I spent 5 years on that thing, at least I want to know whether people like it! I also created a custom homepage for it where you can get some additional info (more to be added over time): www.scaevola-conspiracy.com Enjoy!

My Journey

My name is Timo, I'm 38 years old and I currently live in Zurich, Switzerland - previous stops include Australia (Sydney, Melbourne), the United States (Miami), the United Kingdom (Chester), and Germany, where I'm from originally (around Frankfurt). I have a lovely wife and two young kids (4 and 2) - yes, that's relevant, as you'll see in a minute :)  I'm a software engineer by trade, and always had a strong interest in ML - my master thesis was about detecting money launderers with ML, I once co-founded a startup about quant trading with ML, and have been working at Kaggle  and Google's Core ML department for the last few years, where I now lead a few teams around ML data management. I think it's fair to say that, when it comes to AI, I know what I'm talking about, and I'm always looking for ways to make somebody's life better with it. So how did I get into creative writing?   That's where my first kid comes in, well, sort of. When my first ...