Show 212 - Jesse Anderson - Big Data
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 16 min
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Episode description
Today’s episode is an interview with Jesse Anderson, a preeminent expert who teaches software engineers how to become data scientists and data engineers. He has years under his belt teaching at Fortune 100 companies and startups alike. Jesse is a data engineer, creative engineer and managing director of Big Data Institute.
In this talk, Jesse reveals the exponential ROI from big data and how it can shift a data “can’t” into an income-generating “CAN.” He shares how companies leverage big data to gain a competitive advantage in their marketplace and explains why a solid management team is critical for the successful implementation of big data strategies.
After this interview is complete, you’ll have clarity on how to leverage big data - and what to do if your team hits a roadblock. Tune in and enjoy.
02:00 - 13:00 - Harnessing big data and how big companies leverage big data technologies
13:00 - 25:00 - Avoiding big mistakes and common issues in big data
25:00 - 38:00 - Amazon’s interesting wins and how they made it work using big data
38:00 - 50:00 - The value of cross-functional, aggregated teams - and how to manage them
50:00 - 01:02:00 - Why stuck teams need help - and how Jesse gets teams out of their rut
01:02:00 - 01:15:30 - On asking better questions and why you shouldn’t ever half-ass big data
In this talk, Jesse reveals the exponential ROI from big data and how it can shift a data “can’t” into an income-generating “CAN.” He shares how companies leverage big data to gain a competitive advantage in their marketplace and explains why a solid management team is critical for the successful implementation of big data strategies.
After this interview is complete, you’ll have clarity on how to leverage big data - and what to do if your team hits a roadblock. Tune in and enjoy.
02:00 - 13:00 - Harnessing big data and how big companies leverage big data technologies
13:00 - 25:00 - Avoiding big mistakes and common issues in big data
25:00 - 38:00 - Amazon’s interesting wins and how they made it work using big data
38:00 - 50:00 - The value of cross-functional, aggregated teams - and how to manage them
50:00 - 01:02:00 - Why stuck teams need help - and how Jesse gets teams out of their rut
01:02:00 - 01:15:30 - On asking better questions and why you shouldn’t ever half-ass big data
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