b"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.\\nIn this episode you will learn:\\u2022 What is data observability? [4:35]\\u2022 How to identify data quality issues? [8:56]\\u2022 Kevin's PhD research on automating data science systems using machine learning [16:18]\\u2022 Why Kevin launched Metaplane [28:50]\\u2022 The pros and cons of an academic career relative to the start-up hustle [31:57]\\u2022 Kevin's experience in Y-Combinator accelerator [39:50]\\u2022 The software tools he uses daily as a CEO [50:54]\\u2022 What Kevin looks for in data engineer hires [56:13]\\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/541"