{"id":4988,"date":"2022-10-23T06:40:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T06:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/23\/designing-data-science-tools-at-spotify-part-2\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T06:40:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T06:40:05","slug":"designing-data-science-tools-at-spotify-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/23\/designing-data-science-tools-at-spotify-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Data Science Tools at Spotify: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-credits--condensed style-module--credits-condensed--2WPbn \"><span class=\"style-module--credits-title--1TUem \">Article credit<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"style-module--authorCondensed--2EaMH\">\n<div class=\"style-module--imageContainer--2Zh-_\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image--3NjBj gatsby-image-wrapper\" 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460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=240&amp;q=96\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"t-heading-3 style-module--name--1oiRC\">Simon Child<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"t-body-2 sd-article-introduction style-module--introduction--1RjYP\">When you\u2019re working at a large scale, like Spotify does, you accumulate enormous quantities of uncooked knowledge. Great product concepts could be derived from all this knowledge, however solely as soon as it has been processed, managed, and distilled into explainable insights. To make that workflow attainable and simple to execute, our knowledge scientists want usable, well-designed instruments. That\u2019s the place my workforce is available in.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/71BBJis6o5DFJhdfa6JeNw?si=088fd22b6fe24d59\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" class=\"sd-article-spotify-embed style-module--embed--2piWw \"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"sd-article-body-rich-text\">\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">I\u2019m a product designer within the R&amp;D Community at Spotify, and I\u2019ve been working within the knowledge instruments area for a couple of years. I used to be introduced in to pair up with engineering squads engaged on platforms and experiences for knowledge scientists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">Last winter, I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/spotify.design\/article\/designing-data-science-tools-at-spotify\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>my journey designing knowledge science instruments at Spotify<\/u><\/a>. I lined the panorama of knowledge instruments at Spotify, the assumptions I had that had been disproven once I began, and classes discovered all through the method. Over the previous yr, I\u2019ve continued working with knowledge science groups to iterate and refine ScienceField Cloud, Spotify\u2019s inside knowledge science instrument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">This time final yr, the information design workforce was simply getting began. Twelve brief months later, now we have greater than doubled our preliminary design rely, embedded into many groups, and rethought lots of present practices.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"t-heading-1\">Existing panorama<\/h3>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">The present panorama of instruments our knowledge scientists use is just about the identical as final yr. We nonetheless use lots of the identical instruments to write down queries, run code, and arrange recordsdata.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">If you want a fast refresher on our instrument suite, right here\u2019s a fast breakdown of the important thing gamers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>BigQuery:<\/strong> the place customers retailer datasets and write queries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Jupyter Notebooks:<\/strong> the place customers run code in blocks combined with prose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>ScienceField:<\/strong> the place customers arrange recordsdata into initiatives, pre-install knowledge science libraries, and create a standardized and reproducible knowledge evaluation workflow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">Last yr, we had been specializing in the issue of expediting knowledge science work by offering a simple means so as to add assets to pocket book initiatives. That was extremely profitable and saved as much as 50% of the time spent analyzing knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">This yr, we set our focus to make the expertise as intuitive as attainable by prioritizing function tweaks coupled with holistic system enhancements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"t-heading-1\">What we discovered \u2014 and what we Improved<\/h3>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Designing for the customers\u2019 psychological fashions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">In the final article, I wrote about optimizing for pace by permitting Spotifiers to decide on highly effective digital machines. They now use <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_machine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>digital machines (VMs)<\/u><\/a>, an emulation of a separate laptop system, to hurry up the time it takes to run code. These VMs vary from customary dimension (customary speeds) to giant dimension varieties (extra-high pace and reminiscence). With these VMs, knowledge scientists are in a position to run a number of jobs without delay and run every job quicker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">In our first iteration of the supporting interface, we centered the visible hierarchy on launching the pocket book instrument. We began with the idea that the principle person want for VMs was backend assist to easily launch notebooks and shortly analyze knowledge. We designed the principle name to motion on the homepage to be a big \u201copen\u201d button and lowered the visible hierarchy of the add, pause, and begin controls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">After gathering person suggestions, we noticed that our assumptions had been barely incorrect. Spotifiers did profit from an \u201cOpen\u201d fast motion, however they really primarily used ScienceField as a VM administration system as soon as their notebooks had been operating. They opened ScienceField to restart, change dimension, delete, or rebuild their machines, however in any other case merely labored of their notebooks. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-gallery style-module--gallery--2avMJ style-module--gallery1--32RFe\">\n<figure class=\"style-module--figure--2LR11\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image-container--1cGDA\">\n<div class=\" gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=250&amp;h=147&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=500&amp;h=294&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1000&amp;h=588&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1500&amp;h=882&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1600&amp;h=941&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=250&amp;h=147&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=500&amp;h=294&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1000&amp;h=588&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1500&amp;h=882&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1600&amp;h=941&amp;q=96 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=250&amp;h=147&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=500&amp;h=294&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1000&amp;h=588&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1500&amp;h=882&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1600&amp;h=941&amp;q=96 1600w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/Vk0PVJ8llNUckafDegrjM\/7a1bf58cc88cae49574693866b62473f\/Designing_for_Data_Science_1.png?w=1000&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Designing for Data Science 1\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"t-body-4 style-module--caption--dSs_k\">Illustration of the assumed person stream versus the precise stream<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-body-rich-text\">\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">Mapping person suggestions confirmed us this discrepancy stemmed from a distinct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/articles\/mental-models\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>psychological mannequin<\/u><\/a> (what customers initially consider a couple of system) about ScienceField and knowledge evaluation than we anticipated. I observed a development by which customers emphasised the significance of holding monitor of their machine state when describing their evaluation course of. It turned out that the customers\u2019 psychological fashions centered across the digital machine as a result of correctly operating VMs had been crucial for dependable JupyterLab pocket book use. Once we realized that, I flattened the product info structure and positioned all of the VM controls in a dropdown accessible from the principle tab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">Now, the controls customers got here to search out had been promoted to the place they anticipated them to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-gallery style-module--gallery--2avMJ style-module--gallery1--32RFe\">\n<figure class=\"style-module--figure--2LR11\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image-container--1cGDA\">\n<div class=\" gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96 1600w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3J9yVWp0yH6Y1TfZBy4nk0\/954fe04b97ee63a120a8dc26face80cd\/Designing_for_Data_Science_2.png?w=1000&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Designing for Data Science 2\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"t-body-4 style-module--caption--dSs_k\">Example view of VM controls on the principle display screen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-body-rich-text\">\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Memory: RAM vs disk area<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">Before I proceed, let\u2019s refamiliarize ourselves with a couple of laptop {hardware} phrases:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Memory: <\/strong>Computer Memory is any bodily system able to storing info quickly or completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>RAM<\/strong>: Random Access Memory, additionally known as important reminiscence or system reminiscence. A brief storage location on your recordsdata. When a program, akin to your web browser, is open, it&#8217;s loaded out of your onerous drive and positioned into RAM.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Disk Space: <\/strong>Anything you save to your laptop, akin to a file or a video, is shipped to your onerous drive and makes use of disk area for storage. This is the utmost quantity of knowledge a drive (on this case our VM) is able to holding. As info is saved to the VM, the disk utilization is elevated till it can not maintain any extra. In our case, if the person is saving giant JupyterLab pocket book recordsdata, they&#8217;ll run out of disk area for these recordsdata.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Central Processing Unit (CPU): <\/strong>The processor, also referred to as the CPU, offers the directions and processing energy the pc must do its work. The extra highly effective and up to date your processor, the quicker your laptop can full its duties.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">In the primary few product iterations, we intentionally focused lowering time to job completion as our important success metric. We designed a easy interface that confirmed solely important copy. When utilized to VMs, we confirmed what number of CPUs and the way a lot RAM was out there to the person. Since then, we\u2019ve gathered fairly a little bit of person suggestions that has knowledgeable us of a extra crucial kind of reminiscence: disk area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">We began noticing customers had been complaining about machine failures. After investigation, the engineers realized that customers had been switching to bigger machine sizes however assumed that bigger machine sizes had extra disk area to permit them to save lots of bigger and bigger recordsdata. We discovered {that a} aspect impact of accelerating evaluation pace was enabling knowledge scientists to load stated bigger and bigger recordsdata that will finally overload the machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">This was a key discover as a result of, in actuality, all 4 of the completely different machine sizes had the very same quantity of disk area allotted and will solely save the identical quantity of knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">The easiest answer was for us to show in textual content the quantity of disk area every VM choice had. This means we uncovered the knowledge they had been actually in search of upfront and with out assumptions. Now our customers could make absolutely knowledgeable choices in regards to the dimension of knowledge recordsdata they may course of, leading to fewer machine failures on account of giant recordsdata sizes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-gallery style-module--gallery--2avMJ style-module--gallery1--32RFe\">\n<figure class=\"style-module--figure--2LR11\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image-container--1cGDA\">\n<div class=\" gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96 1600w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/7FekKUrJvtjq2sFKYuMu2L\/d6c364ea64177c2c1eaf3d8d3647daf6\/Designing_for_data_science_3.png?w=1000&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Designing for data science 3\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"t-body-4 style-module--caption--dSs_k\">Example dropdown with determination making info displayed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-body-rich-text\">\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\"><strong>Design for the holistic system\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">\nIn the final article, I centered on the design of the product itself. This time round I wish to impart the significance of designing for the whole system. The knowledge scientists\u2019 life at Spotify doesn\u2019t revolve round this one product; they&#8217;re uncovered to so many alternative merchandise, info sources, and processes of their day-to-day work.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">Our knowledge science workforce is consistently rising and is made up of a various group of individuals with variations in background, methods of working, code specializations, and extra (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeatspotify.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>plug: come work for us!<\/u><\/a>). This implies that the workforce and I additionally should preserve our documentation, our tutorials, knowledge science onboarding classes, and varied exterior dependencies in thoughts and in our broad scope of what\u2019s in our designed person expertise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-gallery style-module--gallery--2avMJ style-module--gallery1--32RFe\">\n<figure class=\"style-module--figure--2LR11\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image-container--1cGDA\">\n<div class=\" gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=250&amp;h=149&amp;q=96 250w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=500&amp;h=298&amp;q=96 500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1000&amp;h=597&amp;q=96 1000w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1500&amp;h=895&amp;q=96 1500w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1600&amp;h=955&amp;q=96 1600w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/4NSwe04jhNjmwg7iMktl5u\/547f8ab6b660f372e3c82507982b148a\/Designing_for_data_science_4.png?w=1000&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Designing for data science 4\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"t-body-4 style-module--caption--dSs_k\">Visual of the numerous different merchandise that work together with ScienceField Cloud<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-body-rich-text\">\n<h3 class=\"t-heading-1\">From 0 to 1 and past<\/h3>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">For the primary few iterations of this product, I used to be centered on creating the primary ScienceField Cloud expertise. The workforce and I wanted to validate our speculation {that a} cloud product would assist Spotifiers run their code as much as 50% quicker. Our speculation turned out to be right, and this allowed us the area to make this product expertise higher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">After fairly a couple of product iterations, it\u2019s been actually fulfilling to method this from a techniques design perspective. Not solely does the product have to work, but it surely additionally must be performant, versatile, dependable, and scalable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">In the early iterations, I assumed a hierarchical info construction was essentially the most becoming for the product info structure; I&#8217;ve now discovered extra in regards to the customers\u2019 psychological fashions and re-architected a flatter construction to mirror what the person expects. While testing out assumptions, such because the one which reminiscence on the VM was an important info for the person, it taught me that disk area was helpful as effectively. Finally, I began designing ScienceField Cloud assuming I wanted to primarily deal with the in-product expertise however now have realized that designing the whole workflow is a greater strategy to assure a clean holistic person expertise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--text--crr36\">I\u2019ve discovered a lot extra about how knowledge scientists acquire, course of, perceive, and analyze knowledge to drive Spotify decision-making. Through this course of, I&#8217;ve sharpened my instincts on find out how to design to impart nice affect, and am excited to proceed alongside this journey with you. Stay tuned!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sd-article-credits style-module--credits--1oi8O \">\n<h2 class=\"t-heading-1 style-module--heading--e2RHu\">Credits<\/h2>\n<div class=\"style-module--author--3BdAc\">\n<div class=\"style-module--imageContainer--2Zh-_\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image--3NjBj gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/3DHye4TAEOZTrOk40XqNET\/057757ab9899af4728e56f939d156659\/Sabrina_Siu.png?w=240&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Sabrina Siu\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-module--content--lf_uD\">\n<h3 class=\"t-heading-2 style-module--name--1oiRC\">Sabrina Siu<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"t-subhead-2 style-module--job-title--ov2cp\">Product Designer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--bio--3A7tF\">Sabrina\u2019s work focuses on the intersection of knowledge, product design, and technical infrastructure. Originally from Northern California, she now lives in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siusabs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"t-ui-4 style-module--link--29Ywk\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-module--author--3BdAc\">\n<div class=\"style-module--imageContainer--2Zh-_\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image--3NjBj gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/10EdtZHZBXAozQO3cEfhRH\/ade7fae2ccea1d75706080f9ff0803d8\/Hui-Yuan---author.png?w=240&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Hui Yuan \" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-module--content--lf_uD\">\n<h3 class=\"t-heading-2 style-module--name--1oiRC\">Hui Yuan <\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"t-subhead-2 style-module--job-title--ov2cp\">Product Designer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--bio--3A7tF\">Hui is a designer devoted to simplifying complicated knowledge issues into elegant design options. She\u2019s been specializing in knowledge analytics and knowledge visualization instruments design for years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/public-profile\/settings?trk=d_flagship3_profile_self_view_public_profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"t-ui-4 style-module--link--29Ywk\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-module--author--3BdAc\">\n<div class=\"style-module--imageContainer--2Zh-_\">\n<div class=\"style-module--image--3NjBj gatsby-image-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden\"><noscript><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96&amp;fm=webp 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=60&amp;h=68&amp;q=96 60w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=120&amp;h=136&amp;q=96 120w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=240&amp;h=271&amp;q=96 240w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=360&amp;h=407&amp;q=96 360w,&#10;https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=460&amp;h=520&amp;q=96 460w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/c1zhnszcah7h\/5BGhnaxsnik8jJWhfPY88D\/891fd60bd9e383226a5fc722f050e78d\/Simon_Child.png?w=240&amp;q=96\" alt=\"Simon Child\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;opacity:1;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style-module--content--lf_uD\">\n<h3 class=\"t-heading-2 style-module--name--1oiRC\">Simon Child<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"t-subhead-2 style-module--job-title--ov2cp\">Illustrator<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"t-body-3 style-module--bio--3A7tF\">Simon is an all-round designer \/ model inventive \/ informal illustrator and ex-world traveler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonjchild.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"t-ui-4 style-module--link--29Ywk\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Article credit Sabrina Siu Product Designer Hui Yuan Product Designer Simon Child When you\u2019re working at a large scale, like Spotify does, you accumulate enormous quantities of uncooked knowledge. 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