417: Data Engineering and Product Development

Arthur Shectman joins us to discuss the data engineering and data product development work they do in Elephant Ventures and the importance of capturing value through data.

In this episode you will learn:

• What is Elephant Ventures? [8:11]
• Data quality engineering [21:00]
• The importance of focusing on business value [39:58]
• Methodology for understanding the company’s business value [46:05]
• What is data engineering? [49:28]
• What is data product development [51:34]
• What are the technical skills needed for these jobs? [56:02]
• What is the future bringing for data science? [59:23]

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