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Running from Complexity - Ben Wilson

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We talked about:

  • Ben’s Background
  • Building solutions for customers
  • Why projects don’t make it to production
  • Why do people choose overcomplicated solutions?
  • The dangers of isolating data science from the business unit
  • The importance of being able to explain things
  • Maximizing chances of making into production
  • The IKEA effect
  • Risks of implementing novel algorithms
  • If it can be done simply – do that first
  • Don’t become the guinea pig for someone’s white paper
  • The importance of stat skills and coding skills
  • Structuring an agile team for ML work
  • Timeboxing research
  • Mentoring
  • Ben’s book
  • ‘Uncool techniques’ at AI-First companies
  • Should managers learn data science?
  • Do data scientists need to specialize to be successful?


    • Links:

    • Ben's book: https://www.manning.com/books/machine-learning-engineering-in-action (get 35% off with code "ctwsummer21")


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