Lessons from the First Two Data Scientists at a Startup

The pros, cons, and questions to ask before taking the plunge

Matt Sosna
Towards Data Science
10 min readApr 30, 2021

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Data science in startups is notorious for being a memorable ride. From work that pivots on a dime from spreadsheets to customer interviews to CI/CD pipelines, to being handed more responsibility than you likely know what to do with, you’re guaranteed to learn nonstop…

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Sr ML Engineer @ Meta. Princeton PhD. Dad. Write about data science, machine learning, statistics, Python. Addicted to learning how things work. Views my own.