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The Economics Team at Instacart. Tilman Drerup, Levi Boxell, and Robert… | by Tilman Drerup | Nov, 2023 | tech-at-instacart

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Tech firms are increasingly choosing to hire graduates from PhD programs in economics [1, 2, 3]. In this blog post, we present the economics team at Instacart and our take on the role of an economist in tech. Our “Econ Team” is fairly unique — both in positioning as well as skill set — and presents an iteration of more classical roles for economists. At Instacart, economists work at the intersection of machine learning engineering and economics, blending the merits of both functions in a single hybrid role that delivers end-to-end solutions to some of our most challenging problems. In the rest of this post, we discuss how we have structured and positioned the team as well the problems we work on. We also talk about the skills we look for in prospective members for the team. In future posts, we will dig deeper into a few specific projects that highlight how we operate. Economists in Tech The roles tech economists play vary substantially between and even within companies. While economist

The Economics Team at Instacart Tilman Drerup 6 min read · Nov 13, 2023 -- 4 Listen Share Tilman Drerup , Levi Boxell, and Robert Fletcher Press enter or click to view image in full size Tech firms are increasingly choosing to hire graduates from PhD programs in economics [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. In this blog post, we present the economics team at Instacart and our take on the role of an economist in tech. Our “Econ Team” is fairly unique — both in positioning as well as skill set — and presents an iteration of more classical roles for economists. At Instacart, economists work at the intersection of mac

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