Data Driven Quotes

“Facebook decided to invest in Hive, a SQL-like language that would be more optimal for Hadoop, and a unique tooling layer called HiPal that would be the primary GUI for Hive. HiPal allowed any user to see what others in the company were accessing. This unique form of transparency allowed a new user to get up to speed quickly by studying what other people on the team were requesting and then building on it.”
― D.J. Patil, Data Driven

“Start with data. Develop intuitions about the data and the questions it can answer. Formulate your question. Leverage your current data to better understand if it is the right question to ask. If not, iterate until you have a testable hypothesis. Create a framework where you can run tests/experiments. Analyze the results to draw insights about the question.”
― D.J. Patil, Data Driven

“There is no greater insult than “You’ve created an elegant solution to an irrelevant problem.”
― Dj Patil, Data Driven