https://www.davidbartolomei.com/categories/data/Recent content in Data on David Bartolomei-GuzmánHugoen-usTue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.davidbartolomei.com/case-study-leveraging-machine-learning-for-spoken-media-analysis-share-of-voice-of-puerto-ricos-political-figures-in-2024/Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.davidbartolomei.com/case-study-leveraging-machine-learning-for-spoken-media-analysis-share-of-voice-of-puerto-ricos-political-figures-in-2024/<p>This is the first in a series of articles where I share my findings exploring Speech-to-Text (STT) ML models to transcribe and analyze spoken content in news media. In this article, I discuss how STT output can be used for automatic mention detection and tracking metrics such as Share of Voice of political figures in Puerto Rico during the 2024 election season.</p> <h2 id="the-back-story">The Back Story</h2> <p>Before diving into the details, here’s a brief back story on what sparked my interest in this topic. You can skip directly to the results by scrolling down.</p>https://www.davidbartolomei.com/challenges-and-benefits-of-the-analytics-engineer-role/Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.davidbartolomei.com/challenges-and-benefits-of-the-analytics-engineer-role/<p>The Analytics Engineer is a relatively new role that emerged during the “Modern Data Stack” trend of the last 5-10 years and was <a href="https://www.getdbt.com/what-is-analytics-engineering">”formalized”</a> by dbt Labs. In this article, I discuss some of the learnings, challenges, and benefits that I have experienced while adopting this role in my team.</p> <p>TLDR: Analytics Engineers merge the analytical skills of a data analyst with the engineering mindset and practices of a software engineer, creating a hybrid profile. This can be very effective in keeping a data team agile, providing insights, and aiding in the decision-making process more effectively than traditional data analysts.</p>