Podcast of Small Differences

Otis Anderson
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A podcast about data science, but also just about work. Hosted by Otis Anderson and Ian Blumenfeld, who have both data scienced for a long time. Hear from some data humans who have had some successes and some failures. We know, this isn't easy

  1. 11/06/2022

    Last Lunch

    This is a bulk re-publish of old, lost episodes. Ian and Otis talk about recent sales in the BI sector, the Toronto Raptors. We learn that Otis has tendency towards overly literal descriptions. In the last few minutes we announce that the show will be on hiatus for a while.

  2. 11/06/2022

    Memes and Video Games

    This is a bulk re-publish of old, lost episodes. Otis and Ian have no guests this week. They discuss workplace culture and career development.

  3. 11/06/2022

    Tools to Make More Tools

    Lauren Chircus drops by to discuss developing tools for data scientists. We also talk about what a data strategy gets you that tooling can't.

  4. 11/06/2022

    What to Expect When You're Execing

    Drew Dillon has done product, executive things. He give you some insight into why it can be hard to see across an organization, why PMs lag on data.

  5. 11/06/2022

    Weird, Small Corners

    Dave Guarino stops by to talk about working with government, political economy and living a life dedicated to not getting stuck on a local maxima.

  6. 11/06/2022

    Where Are My Pins?!

    Otis wants you to stop calling whole pieces of recommendation software "algorithms". Stichfix has an interesting model of data science and it is discussed. There's a bit about Top Chef.

  7. 11/06/2022

    Analytics in a Mech Suit

    Benn Stancil of Mode Analytics guests. We discuss how the wage differentials between "data scientist" and "data analyst"  send the wrong signals to people about what is actually difficult about both jobs.

  8. 11/06/2022

    Harvesting Humans for Energy

    We revisit episode 2 and episode 7 . The role of empathy in manager-employee relationship is discussed further.

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A podcast about data science, but also just about work. Hosted by Otis Anderson and Ian Blumenfeld, who have both data scienced for a long time. Hear from some data humans who have had some successes and some failures. We know, this isn't easy

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