How to Teach an Old Firm New Tricks

One of the first tasks data scientists face is helping their firms update their tools and infrastructure to meet current technology standards and attract talented employees. Sometimes companies are already heavily invested in existing frameworks and are reluctant to change. Using my experience introducing R, Python, AWS, and SQL to my firm, I discuss several cases of how to identify potential points of entry for new tools and techniques, how to engage key stakeholders in open conversation about moving to unfamiliar platforms, and how to ease the transition and adoption of these tools.