Show Notes* (02:24) Tarush shared his upbringing in India and his decision to study abroad in the US. * (03:51) Tarush walked through his college experience studying Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. * (06:24) Tarush described the non-existent state of data infrastructure at Salesforce when he joined as the first data engineer in 2012. * (11:21) Tarush went over his contribution to the automation and benchmarking frameworks over his tenure at Salesforce. * (15:50) Tarush recalled lessons learned from building and managing a data team as a Data Manager at Wyng. * (19:54) Tarush explained how a data team can serve other functional units more efficiently. * (22:37) Tarush elaborated on his decision to adopt Looker for Wyng's Business Intelligence needs. * (26:30) Tarush talked about his decision to join WeWork as their Director of Data Engineering in 2016. * (30:39) Tarush went over the origin and evolution of Marquez - WeWork’s first open-source project around data lineage - during his time as the director of WeWork’s Data Platform team. * (33:49) Tarush highlighted the main challenges of building an internal data platform. * (35:43) Tarush recalled his move to China to help establish WeWork’s Asia operations and focus on the hyper-growing Chinese market. * (39:01) Tarush shared the founding story of 5x during his sabbatical in 2020. * (42:39) Tarush explained the industry's need for a managed data stack. * (45:20) Tarush went over 5x’s process of sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding data engineers who are pre-trained on the modern data stack. * (48:37) Tarush talked about finding the right vendors that make up the modern data stack to partner with. * (50:06) Tarush walked through his production process to put together a lot of good videos to explain what 5x does and raise awareness about the company. * (51:52) Closing segment.
Tarush's Contact Info* LinkedIn * Twitter * Medium
5x Resources* Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube | Instagram * 5x Explained in 2 Minutes * Managed Data Platform * On-Demand Data Engineering Services * Integrations
Mentioned ContentPeople* George Fraser and Taylor Brown (Founders of Fivetran) * Prukalpa Sankar (Co-Founder and CEO of Atlan) * Frank Slootman (CEO and Chairman of Snowflake)
Books* Stealing Fire (by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal) * The 5 AM Club (by Robin Sharma)
About the showDatacast features long-form, in-depth conversations with practitioners and researchers in the data community to walk through their professional journeys and unpack the lessons learned along the way. I invite guests coming from a wide range of career paths — from scientists and analysts to founders and investors — to analyze the case for using data in the real world and extract their mental models (“the WHY and the HOW”) behind their pursuits. Hopefully, these conversations can serve as valuable tools for early-stage data professionals as they navigate their own careers in the exciting data universe.
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