Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Christmas and New Year Edition of Cynical Data Guy (0:28)
• Discussion on AI (00:00:42)
• 12 Days of Shipments (1:04)
• Attention-Grabbing Strategies (2:01)
• Founder Mode vs. Manager Mode (3:11)
• Technical Debt Remediation (5:03)
• LinkedIn Posts Discussion (6:05)
• Cultural Impact on Roles (8:03)
• Investment in Modernization (12:07)
• Reflection on Company Strategies (15:03)
• Gratitude for Data Trends (16:18)
• Future of Data Access (19:14)
• Looking Forward to 2025 in Data (21:45)
• Final Thoughts and Takeaways (22:11)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Joe’s Recent Projects and Work (0:55)
• Joe’s New Book and Inspiration for Writing It (4:39)
• Challenges in Data Education (7:00)
• Internal Training Programs (10:02)
• Creative Problem Solving (17:46)
• Evaluating Candidates' Skills (21:18)
• Market Value and Career Growth (24:03)
• AI's Impact on Hiring (27:47)
• Content Production and Quality (31:56)
• The Evolution of AI and Data (34:00)
• Challenges of Automation (36:12)
• Convergence of Data Fields (40:26)
• Shortcomings of Relational Models (42:09)
• Inefficiencies of Poor Data Modeling (47:10)
• Discussion on Resource Constraints (51:50)
• The Role of Language Models (53:13)
• AI in Migration Projects (57:00)
• Joe’s Teaser for a New Project (59:05)  
• Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks (1:00:07)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Sokratis’ Background and Journey in Data (1:19)
• Engineers Wearing Multiple Hats (2:17)
• The Era of Early Startups (3:32)
• Lessons from Building Software (7:15)
• Importance of Team Dynamics (9:12)
• Balancing Creativity and Stability (15:00)
• Version Control in Data Analysis (18:57)
• Opinionated Modern Data Software (21:14)
• Creating Dashboards for Company Stats (22:41)
• Hiring for Intuition in Tech (27:38)
• Interview Process Insights (30:15)
• Protecting Intuitive Thinkers in Companies (35:08)
• The Challenge of Trust (39:21)
• Loss of Control in Delegation (40:14)
• Founder Work-Life Balance (42:15)
• Advice for Early-Stage Engineers (44:03)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Brian’s Background and Journey in Data and Marketing (0:56)
• AI and Data Strategy (2:12)
• Experience at DreamWorks Animation (3:15)
• Marketing Timeline for Movies (5:18)
• Data-Driven Decisions at Expedia (9:04)
• Advising High-Growth Companies (14:59)
• LinkedIn Connections and Networking (17:57)
• Tension Between Marketing and Data Teams (19:59)
• Technology Spending in Marketing (22:07)
• Advice for Tech Leaders Facing Brand Marketers (25:50)
• Frequency of Replatforming (30:11)
• Understanding Data Accessibility (33:58)
• Data as a Product (00:37:58)
• Overhyped AI Applications (39:00)
• Underutilized AI Opportunities (00:41:51)
• AI's ROI Challenges (47:01)
• Effective AI Support Systems (52:33)
• Potential Ventures to Pursue Outside of Data (56:04)
• Final Thoughts and Takeaways (1:00:11)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Lightning Round Setup (1:15)
• Scenarios for New Data Leaders (2:33)
• Optimism vs. Reality (3:14)
• Cynical Perspective on Data Roles (5:32)
• Monitoring Systems Discussion (9:31)
• Executive Alignment Challenges (12:54)
• Understanding Team Dynamics (17:32)
• Head of Data vs. Head of Product (20:13)
• Product Development Steps (22:14)
• Consequences of Product Decisions (24:14)
• Challenges in Data Team Dynamics (26:03)
• Attribution Reporting Complexity (28:24)
• Long-Term Vision for Data Teams (29:22)
• AI Summaries Discussion (30:19)
• Closing Thoughts on AI Nuance (32:02)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.