cover of episode 435: Scaling Up Machine Learning

435: Scaling Up Machine Learning

2021/1/14
logo of podcast Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

Frequently requested episodes will be transcribed first

Shownotes Transcript

Erica Greene joins us to discuss her work as a machine learning manager at Etsy, how they tackle problem-solving, how they implement ML scaling, and more.

In this episode you will learn:

  • Erica’s role at Etsy and problem solving between platforms [2:28]

  • Interesting failures Erica has navigated [25:40]

  • How does Erica’s team select problems to solve [33:07]

  • Engineering at scale [40:15]

  • What does Erica’s working day look like? [46:30]

  • Etsy is hiring [53:00]

  • Diversity in hiring [57:12]

  • Do data scientists need PhDs? [1:01:26]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/435)