The Data Stack Show
Rudderstack
Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.
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Oct 10, 2022 • 18min
Shop Talk: Is It Possible for Excel To Die?
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around the wide world of data.
Oct 7, 2022 • 4min
The PRQL: Are Marketers the Worst Data Quality Offenders?
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Gleb Mezhanskiy of Datafold.
Oct 5, 2022 • 1h 3min
107: Building Modern Data Teams with dbt Labs, REI, and Robinhood
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Introducing our guests (3:05)Defining “data team” (4:40)How data teams emerge and evolve (14:11)The need that forces the creation of a data team (21:12)The backbone of the data team (26:23)Building a career within a data team (36:39)Advice for new data team managers (47:35)Question and answer time (52:38)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com..
Oct 3, 2022 • 28min
Shop Talk With Eric and Kostas: Transitioning From Consumer to Builder
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop regarding transitioning from consumer to builder.
Sep 30, 2022 • 3min
The PRQL: What Can We Learn From the Patterns of Successful Data Teams?
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming panel discussion around the topic of building data teams.
Sep 28, 2022 • 56min
106: Optimizing Query Workloads (and Your Snowflake Bill) with Vinoo Ganesh of Bluesky Data
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Vinoo’s background and career journey (2:43)How to benchmark cost (7:54)How Bluesky addresses rising Snowflake bills (14:01)“Workload” as defined by Bluesky (17:14)Space for BI optimization (22:55)How products manage bill growth (28:34)How to optimize your workloads (35:37)Bluesky’s partnerships (39:53)Getting real-time feedback on your work (44:50)Where to begin reevaluating your Snowflake game (50:47)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com..
Sep 26, 2022 • 22min
Shop Talk With Eric and Kostas: Data Politicians
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk about data politicians in this new special show format.
Sep 23, 2022 • 4min
The PRQL: Comparing Snowflake to a Car
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Vinoo Ganesh of Bluesky Data.
Sep 21, 2022 • 59min
105: The Modern Data Stack Is Just Getting Started with Astasia Myers of Quiet Capital
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Astasia’s background and career journey (3:03)How Astasia evaluates data companies (5:25)Defining “modern data stack” (8:39)The limit of the complexity of a solution (18:44)How risky early-stage acquisition really is (26:15)Flashing headlight advice for investing (30:17)Signs you should do a product integration (33:38)The next data infrastructure opportunities (36:19)The likelihood of two data worlds merging (43:55)How important open source is (49:14)Data-centric ML (53:47)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com..
Sep 16, 2022 • 3min
The PRQL: Kostas Becomes a Prophet
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Astasia Myers of Quiet Capital.
