As a baby in Mexico, Juan Manuel Suárez struggled with arthritis. Juan mentioned, “As a baby with arthritic fingers, I had a hard and fast mindset. I didn’t suppose that I born to be nice.” However the Juan of immediately now not places limits on his potential. “I found that the one restrict is my very own creativeness.” Learn the way Juan’s creativeness, his dedication, and his business certifications have lifted him right into a profitable profession as a Machine Studying Engineer.
Certiport: Juan, thanks a lot for chatting with us!
Juan: In fact! I’ve been such a giant fan of Certiport for a very long time.
Certiport: We really feel such as you’re a part of the Certiport household, and have been for a very long time.
Juan: That’s true. It’s been over eight years. Again in 2014, I bought the chance to get my first certification, the Microsoft Workplace Specialist Phrase 2010 examination. That have opened the door for me to compete within the regional MOS Championship in Mexico. I pushed myself to earn a MOS Phrase 2013 certification in 2015. My mother and father, my coach and I pushed actually laborious, and I bought the chance to go to the 2016 MOS World Championship the place I bought ninth place, that was the second the place it began.
Certiport: That’s a standard theme we hear from different college students as properly. As soon as they get one certification, they get bit by the “certification bug” and push themselves to earn extra.
Juan: Precisely! Since getting that first certification, I noticed how necessary certifications are and the world of potentialities that these carry with them. I additionally bought the “world championship bug” and tried to go as soon as once more, I made it within the PowerPoint 2016 class again in 2018 and bought the fifth place. However due to all these life altering alternatives immediately I’ve 23 Microsoft Workplace Specialist certifications, a pair of extra Microsoft certifications, and one other pair of Society of Actuaries certifications.
Certiport: You actually caught the bug! Do you’re feeling like these certifications have impacted your profession?
Juan: Positively. My certifications have opened loads of doorways for me in school. I’ve the chance to show lots of people fundamental expertise abilities like Microsoft Workplace and coding. Having loads of certifications has additionally helped me to get into boot camps and job interviews. It opened loads of doorways within the skilled areas of my life. A resume with certifications, like mine, exhibits that you’ve got related data and that you simply’re keen to be taught and problem your self.
Certiport: And that resume landed you your present job, right?
Juan: Appropriate. I’m presently a Jr. Machine Studying Engineer at Rappi and I’m additionally in my final 12 months of my bachelor’s diploma in Actuarial Science at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.
Certiport: And what do you do in your present position?
Juan: As a Machine Studying Engineer, I’m in control of creating and sustaining the infrastructure the place the Machine Studying Fashions stay. At Rappi all the info that’s collected by the app is used to make suggestions of merchandise that you could be like so you discover them simply. A part of my each day actions is to verify with enterprise or sources metrics if the fashions are working, repair what I can if obligatory, and work with Knowledge Scientists to plan the deployments of recent Machine Studying fashions.
Certiport: That’s unimaginable! What wonderful expertise you’re getting, even earlier than you graduate from school.
Juan: Completely. I’ve labored laborious to get to the place I’m immediately. However there is no such thing as a manner that I might’ve completed it alone. One individual that had a big effect on my life is my trainer, Martha Matadamas. She’s an distinctive educator, as a result of she not solely cares about what her college students do within the classroom, but additionally what we do in the true world. She at all times seems to be out for us and helps us develop into good college students and good human beings. She’s a exceptional particular person in our group and I’ll at all times be thankful for the assistance and moments collectively as a result of she is a giant a part of what I’m now.
I additionally wish to give huge due to my mother and father, household, associates and all of the those who have supported me on this journey as a result of with out them this gained’t be attainable. Plus, a giant shootout to Certiport and all of the individuals there as a result of they preserve giving everybody an opportunity to have this life altering alternatives.
Certiport: What an unimaginable tribute. We’re so grateful for Martha, as a result of she helps college students such as you. We needed to finish with yet one more query. What recommendation would you give to different college students on the lookout for a profession like yours?
Juan: The piece of recommendation: NEVER GIVE UP! Why? You by no means know what might occur when you don’t strive, even when you really feel such as you’re not adequate or that you simply’re lacking one thing. Don’t depend your self out reject your self earlier than another person does, and most significantly, attempt to see your life as a marathon not a dash. In life now we have setbacks, however don’t let a kind of preserve you away out of your objectives and desires.
My second piece of recommendation is to be taught! Information is energy, and it’s solely a matter of time earlier than you see the outcomes of your dedication to be taught one thing new. You might even see outcomes sooner when you certify. In case you’re actually all for a profession, get to know individuals who already made it or who’re additionally and be taught from them. The earlier you begin, the higher it will get.
