Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Che Sharma was the 4th data scientist at Airbnb, later he joined Webflow as an early employee. In 2021 he founded Eppo, a next-gen A/B experimentation platform designed for modern data and product teams to run more trustworthy and advanced experiments. We talked about A/B testing best practices, A/B testing for ML models, and Che’s career journey. Subscribe to Daliana's newsletter on dalianaliu.com for more on data science and career.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:26 Getting started in data science at Airbnb
00:03:08 Keys to successful A/B testing
00:06:53 Interpreting and communicating A/B test results
00:15:00 A/B testing best practices testing machine learning models
00:41:39 Centralizing experiment analysis
00:53:46 Preparing data scientists for the future
00:59:33 Developing communication skills as a data scientist
01:08:43 Transitioning from individual contributor to manager
01:12:28 The future of experimentation