This is a bulk re-publish of old, lost episodes.Ian and Otis talk about recent sales in the BI sector, the Toronto Raptors. We learn that Otis has tendency towards overly literal descriptions. In the last few minutes we announce that the show
Otis wants you to stop calling whole pieces of recommendation software "algorithms". Stichfix has an interesting model of data science and it is discussed. There's a bit about Top Chef.
Benn Stancil of Mode Analytics guests. We discuss how the wage differentials between "data scientist" and "data analyst" send the wrong signals to people about what is actually difficult about both jobs.
Maura Church guest stars . She talks about about managing and building data science teams with us. At the heart of the discussion is the tension between managing people to a successful career path, and adding value for the business.
We are re-publishing lost episodesIan and Otis answer some listener mail about what to use when there are no other data scientists to collaborate. They also address the question "Are analysts engineers?" and what that should mean to both hirin
Bacon Hot Sauce entrepreneur and Chief Strategist Peter Fishman drops by to talk about election night, investigating metric drops and a few other subject.
Data Science has become dangerous. You could be hurting other people through the practice of your job, and there's no reason to try to reason through it all on your own. Guest John Taylor discusses some ethical frameworks as tools to help you
The last episode of the Podcast of Small Differences. We revisit some of the things we said about remote work. Then thank you for listening and supporting us. Thank you!https://twitter.com/oldjackethttps://twitter.com/ianblu1
We spend a lot of time on business metrics, business culture. Ian says some funny stuff about Canada. If you need Cometeer explained to you, go to https://cometeer.com/
Otis is one of the people that has moved out of California. We discuss his reasons, and try to understand whether tech jobs will be coming back to the bay area after the pandemic. A lot of the theoretical framework discussed here is coevered i
We're back. Ian and Otis catch up after the long absence. We discuss how working from home is different during a pandemic, and inspired by recent government forecasts relive some of our dumber career moments.