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Max Shron

Director of Data Science, Switchbox. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Max Shron is the author of Thinking with Data and an early data scientist behind OkCupid's OkTrends blog. He later founded Polynumeral, served as Head of Data at Warby Parker, and transitioned into climate policy modeling.

What they said4 Shows1

Everything Max Shron said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MAD Opinion

Shron: PhD hires in data science often act entitled about personal research

“I feel like the people who I've seen hired in as PhDs often have a sense of entitlement about their, how much they're going to have to be able to work on their own problems at the exclusion of the needs of the company.”

Max Shron Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 8:20 Panel Discussion // Data Driven #16 // May 2013

MAD Insight

Shron: Practical projects yield more value in data science than deep specialization

“There is a lot more to be gained, especially in data science, for having done projects than having necessarily spent two or three years going in depth on one topic.”

Max Shron Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 8:32 Panel Discussion // Data Driven #16 // May 2013

MAD Assertion Partly supported

Shron: OkCupid data showed beer drinkers twice as open to first-date sex

“We found one of the most interesting ones was that people who said they liked the taste of beer were twice as likely to be open to, ah, having sex on a first date.”

Max Shron Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 12:09 Panel Discussion // Data Driven #16 // May 2013

MAD Insight

Shron: Data science projects should start with a need, not a question

“So I don't think it's necessarily that you start with a question. I think you should start with a need. You should first trigger out, what is the problem I'm actually trying to solve before I do anything else?”

Max Shron Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 24:26 Panel Discussion // Data Driven #16 // May 2013

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Max's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	Director of Data Science, Switchbox	1	4	0% 0/1	full record on the MAD Podcast →