The future of data science teams - Barry McCardel - The Data Scientist Show #078

Barry McCardel is the cofounder and CEO of Hex(free trial: hex.tech/dsshow), a collaborative data workspace. Their customers include FiveTran, Notion, and Anthropic. We talked about what does the future of data team look like, how to tackle challenges of data team collaborations, and how to leverage AI in data science’s workflow. 60-day free trial for listeners: hex.tech/dsshow Barry’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrymccardel 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:25 Is AI replacing data scientists? 00:06:08 Are data science teams getting smaller? 00:09:57 What is Hex? 00:11:26 How to communicate with stakeholders 00:24:33 Should data scientists be full stack? 00:31:27 How data team measure ROI 00:33:42 Quantitative vs qualitative analysis 00:35:39 When you shouldn't use data? Data vs product intuition 00:41:43 How to hire your first data team? 00:49:05 Is the modern data stack dead? 00:53:59 GenAI in data science workflows 00:59:02 Future of data scientist 01:02:33 New features in Hex