From Theme Parks to Tesla: Building Data Products That Work

In this episode, we talked with Abouzar Abbaspour, a data engineer whose career spans software engineering in Iran, building crowd and recommendation systems at a Dutch theme park, deploying large-scale ML models at Bol.com, and now working at Tesla. Abouzar shares how he bridged diverse industries, tackled real-world data challenges, and adapted to new roles while keeping a hands-on approach to machine learning and engineering.TIMECODES00:00 Career journey and early motivations06:17 Moving to Europe for data science12:18 Working with theme parks and crowd modeling18:29 Lessons from ride and visitor data23:06 Building recommendation systems at Efteling27:26 Joining Bol.com and the Dutch e-commerce industry32:49 Product and brand recommendation logic36:09 Experimenting with "Tinder for brands"40:26 Engagement metrics and product validation43:02 From ML engineering to data engineering roles52:04 Hands-on skills at Tesla and industry expectations57:43 Career growth, learning, and adviceConnect with AbouzarLinkedin -   / abouzar-abbaspour  

Website - https://www.abouzar-abbaspour.com/

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