The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 28, 2021

That person grew up dreaming of working in the entertainment industry. Upon graduation, they received an offer from Netflix to become an analytics engineer, and pursue their lifelong dream of orchestrating the beautiful synergy of analytics and entertainment. Pretty straightforward, right?!

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

By Budhaditya Das , Wallace Wang , and Scott Yao At Netflix, we aspire to entertain the world. However, with our rapid product innovation speed, the whole approach experienced significant challenges: Business Complexity: The existing SKU management solution was designed years ago when the engagement rules were simple? What’s Next?

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 2, 2021

Our experimentation and causal inference focused data scientists help shape business decisions, product innovations, and engineering improvements across our service. We worked in different industries before joining Netflix, including tech, entertainment, retail, science policy, and research. Roxy Du (Product Innovation) [Roxy D.]

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Analytics C++ Innovation Engineering 216

O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

You need a lot of software engineers and the willingness to rewrite a lot of software to entertain that idea. Here are the bombshell paragraphs: Our datacenter applications seek ever more CPU-efficient and lower-latency communication, which Pony Express delivers. The desire for CPU efficiency and lower latencies is easy to understand.

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Network Transportation Latency Entertainment 92

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2020

There is an alternative perspective that is far more optimistic : digital companies drive down costs through hyper-efficiency (speed, automation and machine scale) and price transparency. The argument for this invisible efficiency is that economic models have simply failed to change in ways that reflect this phenomenon.

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The Agile Manager

AUGUST 31, 2015

We don't equate investing in Microsoft with investing in King Digital Entertainment. Their strong market position and simple balance sheet will give them the patina of being a "tech ready" firm, positioned to be leaders of tech innovation that can further improve their grip on the market. We get this exposure through equity capital.

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The Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2014

This final state is an efficient economic relationship for buyer and seller. Social media is a form of entertainment that shifts people's allocation of their leisure time. The buyer has more flattering financial statements and can negotiate for non-core services at a gross level (e.g., a single cost per employee).

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

While AI has been used for a while now, recent enhancement has made the technology much more innovative and adaptable. Some of those vital areas of supply management system where AI can make the process more efficient, simple and easy are. As machines do not get bored and don’t require entertainment.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In 2009, the purveyor of online videos migrated to AWS cloud infrastructure to deliver its entertainment to a growing audience. It created more uncertainty than the load balancing issues the entertainment firm saw in its data centers. Accelerates innovation. Increases resiliency and reliability. Advances collaboration.

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Tasktop

AUGUST 29, 2019

In a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. The Phoenix Project. Author: Gene Kim. For more information, visit: [link].

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The Agile Manager

JUNE 30, 2019

It isn't a stretch to say that automakers are executors of public policy on the combination of transportation (mobility is good), labor (jobs are good), energy (fuel efficiency is good), and environment (clean air is good).

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Here we describe the role of Experimentation and A/B testing within the larger Data Science and Engineering organization at Netflix, including how our platform investments support running tests at scale while enabling innovation. Growth Advertising At Netflix, we want to entertain the world ! Curious to learn more?

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The Agile Manager

JULY 31, 2015

There isn't much you can do to squeeze operating cash flow efficiency from the asset-heavy business, aside from minimizing overhead costs associated with investing activity. But you can squeeze the operating company for efficiencies, reducing total labor costs with things such as customer self-service. The operating company is, though.

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