Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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.

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Barry’s LinkedIn: 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