The data infrastructure is only as useful as the people using it. In this section, we’ll talk about how to build an equally strong analyst team. Setting a Vision for the Team In the beginning, all we had time for on the data analyst side was pulling data and building reports. We didn’t have time to…

Now that the infrastructure is rebuilt, in part 2 we’ll talk about how to build and manage a high performance data engineering team. Setting a Vision for the Team Data engineering exists on a spectrum between two poles. On one end is the traditional data engineering team, where the goal is to build and own the…

When I first joined Wish two and half years ago, things were going well. The Wish app had reached top positions on both iOS and Android app stores, and was selling over two million items a day. Very few people believed that a large business could be built from selling…

A look at building analytics from the ground up at a mid-sized start-up and some of the challenges faced along the way — Photo Credits: Evgeny Tchebotarev (Handsome Co-founder at 500px) Joining 500px as Analytics Lead was a quick decision. I saw an amazing opportunity that most analysts would drool over — the chance to build an analytics function from the ground up at start-up with big ambitions. …

Three years ago, I lost my ability to type along with almost everything that I had been working for. — Here’s how I recovered and what I learned along the way. Photographer: superfamous In 2011, I injured my wrists by typing too much. Yes, it can happen. It started in the last few weeks of the fall semester of university. As I was stressing out finishing assignments and preparing for finals, I felt pain in my arms and hands as I…