Data Science Past and Future

That makes yours all the more important. Thank you.

Agree, this is a gem and I wish more talks like this made it to the front page. As a long-time HN lurker, this post finally got me to create an account and start commenting.

I really appreciate the practical perspective of the talk and focus on what's happening in industry. I've seen a lot of data science/ML posts on the latest research and how this can lead to automating X in Y years. While it's great the research is advancing, there's not as much focus on how the industry is evolving to capture the value of that research.

I love the range of topics Paco covers in his talk, from explaining how we got to today's data science environment to what's differentiating big players from the aspirers to making predictions on future M&A activity. The deck is also full of useful links and resources - I especially enjoyed Cassie Kozyrkov's talk on "The Missing Piece".

Great talk, and thanks for sharing.