The Data Stack Show

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:

• Welcome to another episode of the Cynical Data Guys (0:24)
• Post on Short Sellers in Data (1:36)
• Investment Areas in Data (4:04)
• Teaching Git with GUI (9:00)
• Understanding Data Scientist Roles (12:25)
• Interview Process Critique (15:39)
• Hiring Process Challenges (19:19)
• Defining Team Fit (21:05)
• Effective Hiring Framework (23:05)
• Cynical Take on Trust Issues (25:02)
• Final Thoughts and Takeaways (26:05)

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:

• Edward's Background and Journey in Data (0:44)
• P&L Ownership Discussion (1:15)
• Challenges in Profit Ownership (3:38)
• Data Team Dynamics (5:52)
• Role Clarity Between CFO and CDO (7:31)
• Nuances of Data Leadership (11:24)
• Focus on Relevance in Data Work (14:05)
• Best Buy's Personalization Project (18:39)
• Building a Data Stack (21:00)
• Crowd-Driven Algorithms (25:26)
• Event-Based Personalization (28:12)
• Corporate Politics and Implementation (31:00)
• In-Store Experience Innovations (33:16)
• Impact of Data Science at Best Buy (37:14)
• The Importance of Data Teams in AI Implementation (39:19)
• Using AI Conversationally (42:09)
• Book Recommendations for Data Leaders (44:24)
• Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:05)

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:

• Nicolay’s Background and Journey in AI (0:39)
• Milestones in LLMs (4:30)
• Barriers to Effective Use of LLMs (6:39)
• Data-Centric AI Approach (10:17)
• Importance of Data Over Model Tuning (12:20)
• Capabilities of LLMs (15:08)
• Challenges in Structuring Data (18:28)
• JSON Generation Techniques (20:28)
• Utilizing Unused Data (22:36)
• Importance of Monitoring in AI (34:11)
• Challenges in AI Testing (37:40)
• Error Tracing in AI vs. Software (39:24)
• The AI Startup Landscape (40:53)
• Marketing for Technical Founders (42:41)
• Generative AI Hype Cycle (44:33)
• Connecting with Nicolay and Final Takeaways (47:59)

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:

• Benn's Background and Journey in Data (0:48)
• Reflection on Strategy and Vision (2:10)
• The Importance of Doing It Your Way (4:10)
• Early Experiences and Blogging (6:27)
• Self-Imposed Pressure in Startups (8:24)
• The Challenge of Decision-Making (12:11)
• Key Decisions in a Startup's Trajectory (15:48)
• Understanding Startup Anxiety (17:24)
• Importance of Focus in Data Startups (20:02)
• Product Market Fit Insights (24:38)
• Cultural Change and Product Fit (30:23)
• Evolution of Data Teams (31:57)
• The Role of High-Profile Data Successes (34:12)
• Challenges of Data in Smaller Businesses (36:16)
• Product Team Dynamics (38:18)
• The Future of Excel (41:11)
• Anti-Patterns in Data Usage (45:05)
• Imagining Excel's Replacement (47:05)
• Exploring New Data Solutions (49:24)
• The Role of LLMs in Data Analysis (51:29)
• Final Thoughts and Takeaways (53:10)

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:

• Spencer's Background at Braze (1:54)
• The Early Days of Braze (2:41)
• Finding Product-Market Fit (4:44)
• First Major Customer (6:33)
• Unique Aspects of Braze's Growth Team (8:07)
• Startup Culture Experience (10:40)
• Data and Marketing Perspectives (12:50)
• Common Marketing Data Challenges (15:50)
• Changing Dynamics in Marketing Tech (18:12)
• Evaluating Marketing Tools (19:38)
• Transformation of Marketing Tools (22:18)
• Marketers Becoming More Technical (24:10)
• API Utilization in Marketing (25:46)
• Connecting Customer Experience (29:09)
• Flexibility in Data Integration (32:05)
• Pushing vs. Pulling Data (34:35)
• Anomaly Detection in Data Reporting (37:02)
• Understanding the Importance of Core KPIs (39:09)
• Making Data More Consumable (42:38)
• Final Thoughts and Takeaways (44:51)

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.