If "Data Scientist is the sexiest job of the 21th century", what about managing them?

Nowadays, data science teams around the world are made up of some of the smartest and most innovative people in the industry: young, talented folks, who are used to outsmarting everyone in their classes or friend groups. Managing them towards their full potential (at work and - why not - anywhere else) requires self-awareness, ego downsizing and quite an intimate relationship with impostor syndrome.

No secret recipes here, just sharing life lessons and real life experiences around moving from engineering to data science (and back), towards managing data science and engineering teams at a company that enables people to connect and build equitable and healthy relationships.

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1. What about managing them? If "Data Scientist is the sexiest job of the 21st Century" Massimo Belloni - Graz 󰎈, 9-10 June 2022
2. Massimo Belloni Data Science Manager (Integrity & Safety) @ Bumble • Computer Engineer (Politecnico di Milano) • Switched to Data Science in 2017 • Lived and worked in the Netherlands; now in London
7. Went to university at 16 years old MSc from Oxford Used to be a model
8. Class B chess champion (score 1600!) “Got their first sudo access at 15” BMX pro when a teenager
9. How can you manage them? (without feeling an impostor)
10. Redefine success
11. Downsize your ego
12. Value your strengths
13. Thank You