@IndeedEng Tech Talk on November 16th at 7pm

[Melinda Nelson]

For more info and to RSVP visit: https://indeedeng20161116.eventbrite.com/?aff=ra

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 7-9 PM

Data-driven off a cliff: Anti-patterns in evidence-based decision making

Metrics and analytics are crucial for building successful products at scale. Data is powerful. However, the room for misuse is significant -- hence the cliche about lies, damned lies, and statistics. In this talk, we’ll explore some of the ways you can use data to drive yourself right off a cliff. Specifically, we’ll talk about anti-patterns in evidence-based decision making, meaning we’ll tell you exactly what not to do with your data.  

Directions:

Indeed is located at 6433 Champion Grandview Way Building 1 Austin, TX 78750. Please park in the garage and enter through Building 1, Floor 1 lobby.

Food and drinks will be served at 7pm. The talk will begin at 7:30pm.

Speaker Bios:

Ketan Gangatirkar is a software engineering manager at Indeed. For the last 7 

years, he's been helping people get jobs. He used to think he had great ideas, but being wrong all the time cured him of that. Now all he wants is evidence. He was analytical before it was cool. It's not cool, and it never has been, but he's still hoping. Someday. Someday…

Tom Wilbur  is a product director at Indeed. For the last 18 months, he's been helping Indeed double-down on the power of data to illuminate the path toward helping people find jobs. He loves to wrestle complex problems into a tidy representation, but he knows that reality is not easily contained between curly braces. He's deeply committed to making evidence-based decisions, which is why he nearly became divorced picking out towels in Bed Bath & Beyond.