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Episode 170:

Discussing Data Roles and Solving Data Problems with Katie Bauer of GlossGenius

December 27, 2023

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Katie Bauer, the Head of Data at GlossGenius. During the episode, Katie shares her journey in data science, starting from academia to working in various industries including natural language search, social media, and now the beauty and salon space. She discusses the evolution of the data scientist role, the challenges faced in different companies, and the importance of understanding the specific needs of different business models. She also highlights the potential of using data products to provide value back to businesses, the importance of having an analytics engineer in an organization, and more. 

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • The evolution of the data scientist role (1:03)
  • Common problems in different companies (2:05)
  • Measuring and curating content on Reddit (4:29)
  • The challenges of working with unstructured content at Reddit and Twitter (11:03)
  • Lessons learned from Reddit and applying them at Twitter (13:17)
  • Data challenges and customer behavior analysis at GlossGenius (20:16)
  • How the data scientist role has changed over time (00:25:10)
  • The essence of the data scientist/engineer role (29:00)
  • Dynamics and overlaps between different data roles (32:09)
  • The perfect data team for Twitter (34:19)
  • Building a data team at a startup like GlossGenius (36:36)
  • The right time to bring in a dedicated data person in a startup (38:52)
  • The analytics engineer role (46:25)
  • Challenges in implementing telemetry (50:31)
  • Final thoughts and takeaways (52:24)

 

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