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Schutt: Most interesting data problems are now at traditional companies
“So, I think the broader message here is that some of the most interesting data problems now are at traditional companies,”
Schutt: Universities fell short in preparing students for data science careers
“I didn't feel that that was really being done at the universities that they fell short in teaching students in ways that actually helped them thrive.”
News Corp requires its data scientists, engineers, and even designers to code
“The data scientists have to know how to code, the data engineers have to know how to code, the designers code.”
Schutt: Traditional reporting cubes lose key patterns in data
“The traditional databases are just snapshots in time and a lot of interesting patterns in the data are getting lost when you rolled up, when you roll up into these traditional reporting systems or reporting cubes.”
Schutt: WSJ newsroom is surprisingly open to collaborating with data science teams
“I haven't experienced a separation of church and state that I expected to experience between the newsroom and the business. Ah, that the newsroom especially where I've been spending a lot of time at the Wall Street Journal recently, Have been really extremely …”
Schutt: Modern data strategy debates mirror 1990s technology adoption debates
“I believe that probably 20 years ago there were probably similar debates around embracing technology and needing a technology strategy and hiring CTOs and what that, what, how to make technology a core part of the DNA”
News Corp data team prioritizes investing in people over software tools
“We believe in investing in people rather than tools, and so we use open source tools”
Schutt: News Corp processes raw logs tactically per problem
“Instead our approach has been more tactical where we're more comfortable in dealing in the chaos and in dealing in these raw logs at the log level. So we process what we need in order to process to solve the problem we need to solve in the moment.”