# The Data Leader's Survival Guide

Stuff I've learned to survive the journey from scientist to management

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## [The Qualified Scientist](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/the-qualified-scientist)

_2022-09-03 · Emily Thompson_

Memories and appreciation for the full data stack

## [Don’t just run your data team like a product team, run it like a company that needs to scale](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/scaling-data-teams)

_2022-05-20 · Emily Thompson_

A minor change in framing.

## [Hiring Data Scientists With Intention](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/inclusive-data-science-hiring)

_2022-04-28 · Emily Thompson_

Reducing bias in your hiring process

## [Thinking about evolving your data stack](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/evolving-data-stack)

_2022-04-13 · Emily Thompson_

Why does everything feel so difficult?

## [DLSG Pro Tip: Superdecks](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/superdecks)

_2022-04-05 · Emily Thompson_

Making people believe you're a presentation magician.

## [Growing Data Teams from Reactive to Influential](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/reactive-proactive-influential)

_2022-03-18 · Emily Thompson_

Measuring progress towards company-wide data maturity

## [Solidarity in the small stuff](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/doc-days)

_2022-03-03 · Emily Thompson_

Finding the time to prioritize less exciting work

## [Data Team Branding](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/data-team-branding)

_2022-02-17 · Emily Thompson_

Winning the org over through spaghetti tactics

## [Productizing Analytics: A Retrospective](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/analytics-program-retro)

_2022-02-03 · Emily Thompson_

Lessons learned from trying to have a metrics layer cake and eating it too.

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## [The Five Stages of Interview Grief](https://scientistemily.substack.com/p/interview-grief)

_2022-01-28 · Emily Thompson_

Unicorns aren't real. Unicorns aren't real.