data scientists
5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Apr 6, 2023 by Nikita Miller · across every show →
Everything said about data scientists, oldest first
Apr 6, 2023 positive
Miller: Dedicated product data scientists identify patterns better than ticket-based analysts
“The other is just that data scientists, as with most humans, like we get better, the more focused we are and the more in depth we are in understanding the product itself. Right. So If you have someone that's dedicated to a zone or an area of the product, then …”
Jan 4, 2024 neutral
Antin: A/B tests rarely explain why user behavior changed
“AB tests are great, but one of my most painful things to do is to sit in a room full of PMs and data scientists who have just seen the results of an experiment that like flipped to Statsig. And then they're like, cool. I was significantly down over this course…”
Jul 9, 2026 negative
Mosseri: Companies will regret only hiring senior talent without developing juniors
“Like you can't just have a bunch of super senior data scientists and like no new ones, cuz then who's gonna be the new super senior data scientists in the future. So you need to, Basically hire and mentor and grow talent. You know, maybe the team is smaller ov…”
Jul 19, 2026 positive
Core disciplines retain distinct advantages in problem framing and architecture
“Data scientists are still going to be experts at Can we trust this data? Are we interpreting it the right way? What's the data versus judgment that we should be applying here? A product manager is still going to be exceptional at saying, have we really framed …”