July 2023
Beginner
137 pages
4h 24m
English
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Chapter 5. Setting Your Team Up for Success
People are at the heart of all technology. Despite what may seem like a grim view of robots on the rise and technology systems taking over jobs, people are the center of all technology decisions and implementation. Putting the right talent in front of the right problems and investing in people to build for the future is where your leadership can be truly felt.
Recruiting
When Harvard Business Review dubbed “data scientist” the “sexiest job of the 21st century” in 2012, this raised awareness of the importance of data jobs (data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, data storyteller, etc.) when it comes to business outcomes. Although the true business impact was yet to be proved and the differences between data titles blurry, the race to hire and retain the best talent was on—and the competition was grueling! Tremendous pressure was put on companies to provide large compensation packages and offer outstanding benefits to attract candidates in their direction. Naturally, existing data-centric companies were ahead of the curve, with established data teams, already existing reliance on data systems, and they set the bar for data practice standards. It’s no wonder that all the best talent was sitting at FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google), among other large tech companies. They were offering large comp packages, but in exchange, they were asking for a candidate with exceptional technical, strategic, leadership, and domain expertise—an ...
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