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Teams
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How Do Data Science Workers Collaborate? Roles, Workflows, and Tools
ACM survey of how data science workers actually collaborate in practice — finding distinct roles (data engineers, ML engineers, domain scientists, communicators) that rarely map to job titles, with coordination breakdowns at handoff points between roles. One of the few empirical studies of real data science team dynamics rather than idealized workflow diagrams.
Mappers vs Packers
Ward Cunningham's wiki pattern distinguishing 'Mappers' (who think in connected concepts and structures) from 'Packers' (who think in discrete lists and procedures). A useful lens for diagnosing communication friction in technical teams.
PG on Finding Cofounders and Being a Strong Team
Garry Tan's excerpted notes from a TechCrunch interview with Paul Graham on finding cofounders and team dynamics — PG's view that the quality of a startup's founding team is the single most predictive variable of success. Quintessential YC doctrine from 2012.