Today's guests are Sandro Phan, Senior Recruiter of Data & Tech and Jesus Martínez-Blanco, Senior Data Scientist at Flixbus in Berlin. Launched in 2013, Flixbus believe in a vision of offering smart and green mobility for everyone to experience the world. They are a young mobility provider offering a sustainable and comfortable journey through Europe and the United States with an ever-expanding network of more than 350,000 daily connections to 2,000 destinations in 29 countries.

Flixbus provides customers with a green and comfortable means of transport that fits any budget. Together with their regional bus partners, their fleet of 2000 green buses offers state-of-the-art comfort with free WiFi, innovative ticketing-systems, flexible online booking, their own smartphone-app and CO2 compensation. Thanks to their unique business model and innovative technology, they have quickly established one of the largest long-distance mobility networks in the world.

In the episode,  Sandro and Jesus will discuss:

Making the transition from academia to industry,

Interesting Data Science projects they are working on at Flixbus,

The impact of COVID-19 in the business,

The testing phase and keeping humans in the loop,

How to add real value within Data Science,

The importance of communication,

& Advice to technologists on making the most from your career