<p>For this episode, we sought to throw some light on data science and data scientists, a trending position in modern companies. We are excited to bring you an episode with Widad Machmouchi, a Principal Data Scientist Manager at Microsoft. She may have ended up in Washington DC but Seattle lucked out in becoming her home. Widad and I talk about</p> <ul> <li>What does a Data Scientist do?</li> <li>Understanding Machine Learning with an example</li> <li>A/B Testing</li> <li>How she evaluates companies on AI/ML/data-driven claims</li> <li>Skills such as "Math Maturity" that one should get to enter Data Science</li> </ul> <p>Her team blog is <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/experimentation-platform-exp/">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/experimentation-platform-exp/</a></p> <p>You can follow us at <a href="https://twitter.com/carabinermedia1">https://twitter.com/carabinermedia1</a>. You can also send us feedback to [email protected]</p> <p>If you enjoyed the podcast and found it useful, please subscribe, rate, and share with friends and colleagues</p>