Data Scientist @ Atlassian Spent some time looking into software teams' effectiveness, and how software teams can use data to reflect and improve how they work. These days I'm trying to learn more about Statistical Process Control.https://bsky.app/profile/arikf.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3mkoqyqwnwc2mBack in MeasureCamp Sydney I had the opportunity to reflect on lessons I picked up throughout my tenure as a data scientist at Atlassian. This led to a fun discussion at the APH on what it actually means to "get things right" in data analysis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoqyqwnwc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3m35oqnix6k2tOh, that's mean! 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35oqnix6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3ldrpocr4kc2fInterviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Data scientist: it's a confidence interval. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Dec 2024 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldrpocr4kc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3lc4xf3ie4c2zSpent hours yesterday to get a SQL cell in a databricks job use a variable that was set in a prior python cell. Amazing how something that seems so trivial can be so convoluted. Is that what "business impact" looks like?30 Nov 2024 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4xf3ie4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3lbggtvlvhs2rGreat stuff, and an excuse to recommend the book Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic for anyone who wants to learn more on this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbggtvlvhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3lb3vcwihks2yOne of my favourite pieces on the role of the data analyst comes from @rdpeng.org , who in turn quotes Tukey's "The Future of Data Analysis" from 1962 (!) https://simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-04-17-tukey-design-thinking-and-better-questions/ #databs [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3vcwihks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3lb3vcwihks2yOne of my favourite pieces on the role of the data analyst comes from @rdpeng.org , who in turn quotes Tukey's "The Future of Data Analysis" from 1962 (!) https://simplystatistics.org/posts/2019-04-17-tukey-design-thinking-and-better-questions/ #databs [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3vcwihks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3larp3gvjfk2mCan confirm [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2024 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3larp3gvjfk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3lai4uh4ghs2sI noticed my app habits changed over the last couple of weeks. I now head to bluesky for #dataBS, and head to X when I want to see temu ads.09 Nov 2024 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lai4uh4ghs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3l7wiqoshre2fI forgot to hashtag my #dataBS. Apparently this site doesn't have an edit button. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2024 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7wiqoshre2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3l7wihh4dmn2lThe talk about "automating analysts' work" reminded me of my past attempt to run an LLM through our Data Science Interview. https://medium.com/atlassiandata/will-generative-ai-make-data-scientists-obsolete-3dd77dedd553 A colleague of mine actually repeated that recently - it's clear that LLMs got better, but they still need a human in the loop to help them along.02 Nov 2024 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7wihh4dmn2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/arikf.net/post/3l7ia62mrqh2tHi, I'm Arik. I'm a data scientist at Atlassian, living in Sydney, Australia. I did some software engineering and product management in the past, but a PhD on Privacy Preserving Data Mining eventually led me to work with data.27 Oct 2024 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:ee2sc2qqb6pqs65yi37usnhu/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7ia62mrqh2t