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That's extremely good for a job in soccer analytics. It's a really fun domain, you'd be working with very smart and bought-in people at Arsenal, and they have t
by thom 2y ago
That's extremely good for a job in soccer analytics. It's a really fun domain, you'd be working with very smart and bought-in people at Arsenal, and they have their own collection operation so control their own destiny in a way a lot of other places don't.
- swyx 2y agowhat is a "collection operation"?
- chdove 2y agoHiring manager here! Aside from 3rd party data, we contract with a nonprofit in Laos where operators collect event data for us (~2000 data points per match) across roughly a dozen leagues worldwide. We also extract player tracking data from video.
- staticautomatic 2y agoWhy … how … Laos?
- chdove 2y agoTL;DR - Our department was originally an independent football analytics startup https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsenal-place-trust-arsene-wenger-army-statdna-data-analysts https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/17/arsenal-pla...
- puppymaster 2y agoand probably bump fist with Jesus on your way to the parking lot!
- chdove 2y agoI had to re-read this a couple times, ...but yes!