A/B testing at Airbnb, building next-gen experimentation platform at Eppo - Che Sharma - The Data Scientist Show #068

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 www.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