I just got my boxes unpacked and accomplished the first thing I wanted to do after moving to San Francisco: Attending my first Meetup. The number of meetups available on meetup.com has exponentially increased as I move into the home of open-source software and companies who want to host events. Free food, free beer, and best of all, free learning.

From my experiences on Wednesday, I was able to get a clear picture of how companies create a formal data science infrastructure on the largest scales. MyFitnessPal presented their views and components that power their companies real-time, batch, and business intelligence units. Everything I’ve read and learned over the past year-plus has been realized. If I were to offer advice to anyone searching out the best of the best, it would be to move to the places in the world that house the best of the best. I can’t wait to hear more from other industry leaders.

Here’s a link to the slideshare