Data science is becoming software engineering

Editor's note: The Towards Data Science podcast's "Climbing the Data Science Ladder" series is hosted by Jeremie Harris, Edouard Harris and Russell Pollari. Together, they run a data science mentorship startup called SharpestMinds. When I think of the trends I've seen in data science over the last few years, perhaps the most significant and hardest to ignore has been the increased focus on deployment and productionization of models. Not all companies need models deployed to production, of course but at those that do, there's increasing pressure on data science teams to deliver software engineering along with machine learning solutions. That's why I wanted to sit down with Adam Waksman, Head of Core Technology at Foursquare.