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Trailer: Episode 10 with Una Galyeva

Cheuk Ting Ho, Mariatta · Sep 22, 2025

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00:00 I have to find a job.

00:00 Funniest part was the first screening calls.

00:02 You get really weird questions.

00:04 That's like what is the expected salary

00:06 range? Why do you need so much money?

00:15 I think I tried almost all.

00:16 I was only mentioning that I didn't try PhD yet.

00:19 Working for myself, working for someone

00:21 else, starting my own company, growing my

00:23 own company, selling my own company.

00:25 My first job in the Netherlands was an

00:27 executive director.

00:28 You working with people online.

00:30 People were surprised to know that I'm

00:33 female.

00:34 Somehow they were expecting just, you know,

00:36 another guy like who are you? I was like,

00:38 I'm

00:39 your engineer, you know,

00:41 I was working with self driving trucks.

00:43 And after that I jump on getting back to

00:45 more like maritime industry and I switched

00:47 to working with aircrafts.

00:49 How much food should we put in it? How much water,

00:51 how much fuel? I have heard in my previous

00:54 job that a lot of air traffic planning is

00:57 using Prolog.

00:58 Is that true when the aircraft is flying

01:00 the ATC just passing it from one chunk of

01:03 cubes to another chunk of cubes

01:05 I'm Una from PyLadies Amsterdam and if

01:08 you're interested to learn what is the

01:10 connection between cubes in the air

01:12 sensor fusion and

01:15 going from nothing to something then listen

01:18 to this PyPodcats

Sneak Peek of our chat with Una Galyeva, hosted by Cheuk Ting Ho and Mariatta Wijaya.

With over 19 years of experience in Data and AI, Una Galyeva held various positions, from hands-on Data and AI development to leading Data and AI teams and departments. She is a driving force behind PyLadies Amsterdam, a Microsoft MVP, AI4ALL Advisory board member, and Head of Artificial Intelligence.

In this episode, Una shares her journey of relocating to Amsterdam, navigating the tech industry, and building inclusive communities. From freelancing challenges to leading innovative workshops, Una offers valuable insights on career growth, and fostering diversity in tech.

Full episode is coming on September 25th, 2025! Subscribe to our podcast now!

Get to know Una Galyeva

Una Galyeva

With over 19 years of experience in Data and AI, Una Galyeva held various positions, from hands-on Data and AI development to leading Data and AI teams and departments. As a driving force behind PyLadies Amsterdam, a Microsoft MVP, AI4ALL Advisory board member, and Head of Artificial Intelligence, Una is passionate about challenging perspectives and inspiring others to see things differently.

Your hosts

Cheuk Ting Ho

Host

After having a career as a Data Scientist and Developer Advocate, Cheuk dedicated her work to the open-source community and working as a community manager at OpenSSF. She has co-founded Humble Data, a beginner Python workshop that has been happening around the world. She has served the EuroPython Society board for two years and is now a fellow and director of the Python Software Foundation.

Mariatta

Host

Mariatta is a Python Core Developer. In her free time, she contributes to open source, builds GitHub bots, fixes typos, and likes to tell you about Python's f-strings. As a public speaker, she has given her talks and keynotes wordwide.

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