Pedram Navid is the Head of Data at Hightouch where he leads advocacy for data practitioners, community-building, and the internal data stack. Prior to Hightouch, he has worked as a data engineer building up a modern data stack from the ground up and as a data scientist where he helped scale analytics at a major bank. He contributes to open-source packages and creates data memes on Twitter.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- How he entered the world of data science- Reverse ETL- How can new data science professionals evaluate various roles in data science- How can interviewees evaluate team culture- How data gets political within a company- How should data practitioners forge alliances- What is data activation- How he manages data teams