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Emily Dresner

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Emily Dresner is Chief Technology Officer at Upside Business Travel. Emily has built and scaled a department initially of 5 engineers to a team of 60 across 11 teams including multiple product development teams, a machine learning/AI team, DevOps, data engineering, security, infrastructure and quality engineering. Upside Business Travel is revolutionizing travel management for small to mid-sized companies. We hear about how Upside is in place to react and adapt to the current pandemic that has affected the logistics of the travel industry greatly. Showtimes 0:50 - The service Upside Business Travel Provides 1:49 - Emily's role as Chief Technology Officer and career background 4:26 - How Upside is recovering and rebounding from the pandemic 5:38 - How the pandemic has created permanent change in the travel industry 7:00 - How Upside has adapted to 100% remote working and the tech used to make this a smooth transition 9:48 - Remotely recruiting and taking on new staff 10:55 - An overview of the products under Upside 12:51 - Supporting multiple products 13:59 - Where Emily finds inspiration when taking on new challenges

Emily Dresner is Chief Technology Officer at Upside Business Travel. Emily has built and scaled a department initially of 5 engineers to a team of 60 across 11 teams including multiple product development teams, a machine learning/AI team, DevOps, data engineering, security, infrastructure and quality engineering. Upside Business Travel is revolutionizing travel management for small to mid-sized companies. We hear about how Upside is in place to react and adapt to the current pandemic that has affected the logistics of the travel industry greatly. Showtimes 0:50 - The service Upside Business Travel Provides 1:49 - Emily's role as Chief Technology Officer and career background 4:26 - How Upside is recovering and rebounding from the pandemic 5:38 - How the pandemic has created permanent change in the travel industry 7:00 - How Upside has adapted to 100% remote working and the tech used to make this a smooth transition 9:48 - Remotely recruiting and taking on new staff 10:55 - An overview of the products under Upside 12:51 - Supporting multiple products 13:59 - Where Emily finds inspiration when taking on new challenges

The New Responsibilities of the Travel Industry | Emily Dresner

01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower 02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it? 08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s 10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story 12:11 – “The Double Bind” 14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace 18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture 21:50 – Engineering Vs Management 29:09 – Data Science 32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege 36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil 46:55 – Having a Background in Actual Science; Conquering Biases 51:35 – The Importance of Mentorship and Internships from the Beginning Reflections: Coraline: Having a biases towards hiring people like yourself and other hiring biases. Sam: Research cognitive biases. Jamey: Computers aren’t people. Emily: I really do enjoy teaching. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode. To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!Special Guest: Emily Dresner.Support Greater Than Code

01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower 02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it? 08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s 10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story 12:11 – “The Double Bind” 14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company <a href="https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace</a> 18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture 21:50 – Engineering Vs Management 29:09 – Data Science 32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege 36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553418831/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0553418831&amp;linkId=c1f1ddfeccb618a067410f6a11670af3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil</a> 46:55 – Having a Background in Actual Science; Conquering Biases 51:35 – The Importance of Mentorship and Internships from the Beginning Reflections: Coraline: Having a biases towards hiring people like yourself and other hiring biases. Sam: Research cognitive biases. Jamey: Computers aren’t people. Emily: I really do enjoy teaching. This episode was brought to you by <a href="https://twitter.com/therubyrep" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@therubyrep</a> of <a href="http://www.devreps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevReps, LLC</a>. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit <a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/greaterthancode</a>. To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at <a href="https://www.paypal.me/devreps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paypal.me/devreps</a>. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!Special Guest: Emily Dresner.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner