Hiring new team members
AA: Are there specific skills and attributes you look for when you hire data scientists and engineers for your teams? Do you put a lot of weight on formal studies as opposed to online courses? Do you look for particular attitudes and aptitudes? How do you try and vet different people to make sure they’re going to fit into your team?
AG: I’ll look at three things here. Firstly, skills; secondly, software (including languages and tools); and thirdly, qualifications.
In terms of skills, it’s clear that maths and statistics skills have to be good, especially for a core data scientist. For a business analyst, not so much, but basic descriptive stats should be there. For a data engineer, not so much either.
Now, coming to the second skill – computer programming. Computer-programming-specific skills will vary based on the role. If it is a data engineering role, the cloud and SQL databases become very important. If it is a data science...