Growing and Running Your Data Science Team

By eugeneyan.com - 2021-01-31

Description

What I learned about hiring and training, and fostering innovation, discipline, and camaraderie,

Summary

An effective data science team is like the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people.
If things are not failing, you’re not innovating enough” — Elon Musk I’ve also found it helpful to be an accountability partner and cheerleader on 20% projects.
Another way is to actively share examples of great work (e.g., documents, deliverables) that meet and surpass our standards, so we have ideals to aspire towards.

Topics

Management (0.47)
Backend (0.2)
Machine_Learning (0.14)

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