Tag: Data Science

How to profit from an Analytics Skill Matrix

by tiniacoleyba on November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

These job postings usually arise due to a problem of inaccurate needs assessments, resulting in a delayed and complex hiring processJavier Andrés Tiniaco Leyba - Tumblr Data Science Analytics Team Lead at Automattic The Analytics Skill Matrix is a tool we use in Data teams throughout Automattic. It developed from our interest in creating clearer … Continue reading How to profit from an Analytics Skill Matrix

Architecting ExPlat: Automattic’s New Experimentation Platform

by Yanir Seroussi on April 14, 2021

Last month, my colleague Aaron Yan published a broad overview of Automattic’s new Experimentation Platform (ExPlat). This month, we’ll dive deeper into ExPlat’s architecture and design, explain how the landscape at Automattic informed our architectural decisions, and describe the platform’s main components. Future posts will share details on each component and other aspects of experimentation … Continue reading Architecting ExPlat: Automattic’s New Experimentation Platform

Teaching Python to Beginners

by Vicki Boykis on October 20, 2020October 19, 2020

Vicki Boykis shares some tips on how to teach beginners to code.

Five Paths to Automattic

by Sirin Odrowski on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

Greg, Anna, Anand, Anna, and Robert — who come from a variety of backgrounds ranging from fullstack software development to linguistics, hardcore math, and more — share how they came to work with data at Automattic.

How to Avoid Statistical Bootstrapping Pitfalls

by Yanir Seroussi on October 10, 2019

Yanir Seroussi shares some insight into the common pitfalls of statistical bootstrapping and how to avoid them.