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I chose actuarial science as my second career, and every single day is happy living it. But the traditional actuary role model is fast evolving, along with the great digital disruption.
This is a collection of articles, my own learnings, and experiences as well as other things that a budding actuary will find useful.

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August 22, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

Class 5 & 6 – ML Log – Likelihoods and Bayesian Philosophy in Machine Learning

Actuaries get acquainted with likelihoods and Bayesian philosophy early in the subject CS1. Most actuarial problems estimate the financial consequences

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August 6, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

Class 4 – ML Log: Pseudo-inverse estimator and Gradient Descent approaches to Linear Regression

The actuaries beginning to get acquainted with AI/ML find it a bit daunting. A couple of reasons for this. In day-to-day

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July 31, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

Class 3 – ML Log – Rigorous explanation of Supervised Learning Approach

Even though actuaries practice supervised learning, it feels disconnected from the emerging AI/ML field. Actuaries are trained to learn from data; it is

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July 25, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

Class 2 – ML Log – Learning Methods & Bayesian Decision insights

How do young actuaries get ready for the brave new data world? One sure way is to keep learning pace even after

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July 10, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

Class 1 – Machine Learning – An actuary’s learning log

Young actuaries often are overwhelmed by the established insurance domain practices by the time they pass the specialization subjects close to

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May 24, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

AfterLife 3/4 – Leadership journey

Summary (reading time: about 9 minutes):  Actuaries are traditionally considered taciturn, but that is changing along with changing world What

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May 24, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

AfterLife 2/4 – Future-proof professionalism

(Reading time: about 5 min) I had written about what next after actuarial qualification in the previous blog: AfterLife 1/4 –

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May 24, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

AfterLife 1/3 – I have qualified; what do I do now? Feels empty!

(Length: 1750 words; ~9 minutes) Summary: Qualification is only the beginning of a life-long journey! What kind of professional do

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May 24, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

I have cleared CP papers, how do I prepare for SP papers? Tips for actuarial exam preparation

Summary: Common challenges in answering exam questions: 1. How to remember such a vast and verbose syllabus 2. How to

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May 24, 2022 Future Actuaries' Corner

New Age Actuaries – how to become one

(Originally posted on LinkedIn – July 2018 – updated with minor edits) Since I began my second career as an

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Recent Posts

  • Class 5 & 6 – ML Log – Likelihoods and Bayesian Philosophy in Machine Learning
  • Class 4 – ML Log: Pseudo-inverse estimator and Gradient Descent approaches to Linear Regression
  • Class 3 – ML Log – Rigorous explanation of Supervised Learning Approach
  • Class 2 – ML Log – Learning Methods & Bayesian Decision insights
  • Class 1 – Machine Learning – An actuary’s learning log

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