ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Interview with Eli Bressert (Head of Data Science at Convoy)
*Note: At the time of this recording, Eli was Manager of Dat Engineering and Analytics at Netflix
You Will Learn:
- How Eli transitioned from academia to applied data science
- Stories from Eli’s time at Stitch Fix (when the data team grew from 6 to 80)
- Advice for newly minted data scientists (overcoming impostor syndrome, thinking as a unit, the importance of a “North Star,” etc.)
- How data teams are structured and what Eli’s team does at Netflix
- How to conduct better data science interviews with Eli’s Four tiered approach
- The importance of a diverse background in data science
- Three skills that make for a great data scientist, but are hard to quantify
- How to look inward and discern if you should play on a team or go lone wolf
- Eli’s purpose in life
Blog post: https://medium.com/data-minds/data-minds-episode-7-eli-bressert-5ad188bfc87b
*Note: At the time of this recording, Eli was Manager of Dat Engineering and Analytics at Netflix
You Will Learn:
- How Eli transitioned from academia to applied data science
- Stories from Eli’s time at Stitch Fix (when the data team grew from 6 to 80)
- Advice for newly minted data scientists (overcoming impostor syndrome, thinking as a unit, the importance of a “North Star,” etc.)
- How data teams are structured and what Eli’s team does at Netflix
- How to conduct better data science interviews with Eli’s Four tiered approach
- The importance of a diverse background in data science
- Three skills that make for a great data scientist, but are hard to quantify
- How to look inward and discern if you should play on a team or go lone wolf
- Eli’s purpose in life
Blog post: https://medium.com/data-minds/data-minds-episode-7-eli-bressert-5ad188bfc87b
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