DiscoverThe Data Stack Show209: Storytime with Cynical Data Guy: Data Projects, $50K Web Scraping Fails, and the Role of CDOs
209: Storytime with Cynical Data Guy: Data Projects, $50K Web Scraping Fails, and the Role of CDOs

209: Storytime with Cynical Data Guy: Data Projects, $50K Web Scraping Fails, and the Role of CDOs

Update: 2024-10-02
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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Previewing the Next Cynical Data Guy Episode (0:13 )
  • Story Time: Coolest Data Project You’ve Worked On (1:13 )
  • Failed Web Scraping Project (3:40 )
  • Building a Neural Net for Matching (5:22 )
  • Rebuilding the Project Strategy (7:04 )
  • Project Completion and Politics (9:35 )
  • Agreeable Data Guy's Pricing Story (11:00 )
  • Balancing Advanced and Simple Solutions (14:15 )
  • Insights from Pricing Team Meetings (16:19 )
  • Building for Scale vs. Immediate Needs (18:29 )
  • Open Source Data Formats (19:46 )
  • Disaster Recovery Experiences (22:34 )
  • Reflections on Chief Data Officers (25:01 )
  • Cynicism in Data Projects (28:19 )
  • Final Thoughts and Takeaways (30:20 )

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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209: Storytime with Cynical Data Guy: Data Projects, $50K Web Scraping Fails, and the Role of CDOs

209: Storytime with Cynical Data Guy: Data Projects, $50K Web Scraping Fails, and the Role of CDOs

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