SDS 427: Impacting Through Technology

Syafri Bahar joins us for a great conversation about his work at GOJEK, a decacorn super app bringing services to Indonesia, and his philosophy of empowered data science teams. In this episode you will learn: • Syafri’s day job at GOJEK [11:26] • What is a super app? [14:50] • The data science department at GOJEK [19:47] • High-performance data science team [31:17] • Syafri’s career journey and love of math [39:49] • Apply to work at GOJEK [55:42] • Working for the benefit of others [1:00:21] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/427

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The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact. Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy. We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.