I live in London and I'm currently working at Wayve as a Data Scientist. I maintain the infrastructure to run A/B tests that compare different self-driving AIs; I create metrics and tools for improving the comfort of the autonomous driving experience; and, I implement metrics that capture how well our robotaxi product is driving. You can find my CV here. 📄
Before Wayve I worked as a Golang engineer at Just Eat Takeaway. Before that I was a data scientist at Sainsbury's for over three years, where I built algorithms for substitutions in online orders, for which cages of stock to replenish first, and for reading shopper feedback. 👨💻
One of the biggest challenges that I face in my role is influencing my colleagues, and sometimes even myself. I have a strong interest in design and take a lot of care in the design of what I'm working on. Whether that be keeping to high coding standards and writing clear documentation to make it easy for colleagues and for future me to continue to work on a project, or in the design of data visuals that tell a clear and compelling story to business stakeholders. 📊
Outside of work my hobbies are football, keeping fit, cooking and spending time with my family and friends. I'm a big Fantasy Premier League fan. My best ever finish was 2382 out of 7 million FPL players in the 2019/20 season. 🏆
What I actually like doing, on a train or on a walk, is taking some ordinary thing that everyone treats as weather and asking when it started. I have written about how humans copy high-status people because thinking from scratch is slow, and about why today's nest eggs might be rotten by tomorrow. I also learnt some of this the hard way on a comedy stage.
I'm also a massive information addict. I love reading books and tend to read several concurrently. I'm currently reading: 📚
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence
- Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday (confessions of a media manipulator; I may have the popular title slightly wrong)
- Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs