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Dec 10, 2021

Conversation with Data Scientist Widad Machmouchi of Microsoft

For this episode, we sought to throw some light on data science and data scientists, a trending position in modern companies. We are excited to bring you an episode with Widad Machmouchi, a Principal Data Scientist Manager at Microsoft. She may have ended up in Washington DC but Seattle lucked out in becoming her home. Widad and I talk about * What does a Data Scientist do? * Understanding Machine Learning with an example * A/B Testing * How she evaluates companies on AI/ML/data-driven claims * Skills such as "Math Maturity" that one should get to enter Data Science Her team blog is https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/experimentation-platform-exp/ You can follow us at https://twitter.com/carabinermedia1. You can also send us feedback to startupfeedback@carabinermedia.com If you enjoyed the podcast and found it useful, please subscribe, rate, and share with friends and colleagues

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