A Guide To Building a Data Department From Scratch – Towards Data Science
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Most resources I come across when looking for advice and best practices on how to build a data department at a middle-sized company are either about creating a data-driven organization or building a data team. However the position I found myself in more than two years ago required a more pragmatic approach:
As the first (and only) data person at…
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