160: Closing the Gap Between Dev Teams and Data Teams with Santona Tuli of Upsolver

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Santona’s journey from nuclear physics to data science (4:59)
• The appeal of startups and wearing multiple hats (8:12)
• The challenge of pseudoscience in the news (10:24)
• Approaching data with creativity and rigor (13:22)
• Challenges and differences in data workflows (14:39)
• Schema Evolution and Quality Problems (27:01)
• Real-time Data Monitoring and Anomaly Detection (30:34)
• The importance of data as a business differentiator (35:48)
• The SQL job creation process (46:25)
• Different options for creating solver jobs (47:20)
• Adding column-level expectations (50:17)
• Discussing the differences of working with data as a scientist and in a startup (1:00:18)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (1:04:01)

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