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In this episode, Kevin Hu joins the podcast to talk about founding and growing the data observability startup, Metaplane. Listen in to hear about his time in academia at MIT, his experience with Y Combinator, and his current routine as a technical founder.\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\nWhat is data observability? [4:35]\n\n\u2022How to identify data quality issues? [8:56]\n\nKevin's PhD research on automating data science systems using machine learning [16:18]\n\nWhy Kevin launched Metaplane [28:50]\n\nThe pros and cons of an academic career relative to the start-up hustle [31:57]\n\nKevin's experience in Y-Combinator accelerator [39:50]\n\nThe software tools he uses daily as a CEO [50:54]\n\nWhat Kevin looks for in data engineer hires [56:13]\n\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/541