Roberto Sanchis Ojeda on LinkedIn: #spotify #barcelona #12years #paellaforluncheveryday #hiring #ml | 77 comments (original) (raw)
Director of ML at Spotify
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It is time for big changes in my life. After more than 12 years in the US, I am moving to Barcelona to continue my career in ML management at Spotify. It is tremendously hard to summarize 12 years of my life in one post, but I look back with fondness at my early days at MIT trying to figure out what to do with my life, publishing my first scientific paper, writing my thesis, my first days as a Data Scientist at Stitchfix, or as an ML researcher at Netflix, and certainly these last 3 years at Spotify learning how to lead with uncertainty. I am not the same person I was, and I am really happy to have met so many interesting, insightful and helpful people along the way, many of whom I still call friends (you should visit!). This new chapter of my life will be different, with a much stronger focus on family (my mum couldn't be happier) and work/life balance, and I truly believe there is no better company than Spotify to do this for. There will be many challenges ahead, as I continue to lead a mostly US based team from Europe (we are hiring aggressively, come work for us!). I am very humbled to see how my team has been able to deliver amazing work in a mostly remote setting, and I am intrigued to see how things evolve once we fully embrace a hybrid approach with part of the team going to the NYC office and the rest scattered over the US and Europe. This is not a goodbye US, it is definitely a see you later, since you welcomed me as a citizen and I intend to enjoy that in the future. I have traveled to most of your states, I have enjoyed most of your national parks, but most of all, I have been impressed by the diversity of the people I have met on the way. But now, time for the good food and the good weather! PS: If you read this message expecting news about the FC Barcelona / Spotify deal, I am sorry to disappoint you. I do not represent the company on this, but of course an FCB jersey with Spotify in the front would look very cool. I will wear my Spotify jacket to the stadium this Thursday but I do not expect to get VIP tickets :D#spotify #barcelona #12years #paellaforluncheveryday #hiring #ml
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