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Civis Analytics

Company blog · civisanalytics.com/blog · on HN as BGCivisdataai

Civis Analytics is the company blog at civisanalytics.com, writing about data and ai. Since 2014, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 63 times, most often “Civis Analytics is hiring engineers and data scientists”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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63mentions?
18HN people?
2014–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 14 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (19) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Civis Analytics' blog as an example of engineering-team writing, which one commenter said they really like. Most other links are job posts, plus pages on uninsured data and Mario Kart analysis.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 19 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

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The author on HN?

BGCivis · 4 karma · member since 2013

Growth Manager at Civis Analytics (civisanalytics.com). We're hiring for Data Scientists, Analysts, and Software Engineers. Apply at: civisanalytics.com/apply

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Civis Analytics is hiring engineers and data scientists
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2014-05-03
  2. Forget Python vs. R: how they can work together
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-08-16
  3. /careers
    2 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2015-04-02
  4. The Importance of Research in Engineering
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-03-21

What Hacker News says?

  1. Civis Analytics ( https://civisanalytics.com ) - Chicago, IL - Full-time - Onsite We solve the world's biggest problems with big data. Civis Analytics empowers organizations to understand their data at the individual level and put it to work — every single day. What's so great about working at Civis Analytics? Your work will make the world a better place. Don’t just experience the thrill of solving interesting probl…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2016)”
  2. Submitted Exploring Virtual Reality Data Visualization with the Gear VR as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  3. Civis Analytics ( https://civisanalytics.com ) - Chicago, IL - Full-time - Onsite Civis is a 3 year old, quickly growing, Chicago-based technology company that helps organizations utilize data science to make better decisions. We build software products that empower organizations to understand their data at the individual level and put it to work. Our roots are in politics and campaigns, but we now also work with no…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016)”
  4. Submitted Forget Python vs. R: how they can work together as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  5. Civis Analytics | Chicago, IL | https://civisanalytics.com Civis Analytics is building cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data, transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We help organizations solve their biggest problems with Big Data. We are currently hiring for multip…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)”
  6. Submitted Swagger::Diff – detect breaking API changes as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  7. Civis Analytics | Chicago, IL | https://civisanalytics.com Civis is building cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better and easier. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data—transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We help organizations solve their biggest problems with Big Data. A few of our open positions: Devop…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)”
  8. Submitted glmnet for Python as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  9. Civis Analytics ( https://civisanalytics.com ) - Chicago, IL - Full-time - Onsite What's great about being an engineer at Civis Analytics? Your code will make the world a better place. Don’t just experience the thrill of solving interesting problems-- have the satisfaction of knowing that your work makes a difference in the world. You will learn. Our engineers and data scientists are the best and brightest in their…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016)”
  10. Submitted Data Science on State of the Union Addresses as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  11. Civis Analytics - Chicago, IL - civisanalytics.com Civis Analytics is solving the world's biggest problems with big data. We build cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better and easier. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data—transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We work with intelligent organizations in heal…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)”
  12. Submitted Chicago Uses Data Mining Technology to Encourage Mammography as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  13. I really like Civis Analytics, which is here: https://www.civisanalytics.com/blog/

    Comment linking /blog/

    on “Ask HN: Which companies have the best blogs written by their engineering team?”
  14. Submitted CivisML: scikit-learn at Scale as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  15. Civis Analytics- Chicago, IL We spun out of the analytics shop from the Obama 2012 re-election campaign to tackle really hard data science problems for campaigns, non-profits, and companies. We're looking for both junior and senior software engineers and data scientists: http://www.civisanalytics.com/apply

    Comment linking /apply

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014)”
  16. Submitted Elegant AWS Access Management with the IAM Role Injector as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  17. Civis Analytics | DevOps Engineer |Chicago, IL| ONSITE, FULL-TIME | https://www.civisanalytics.com/careers/ The DevOps team delivers, maintains, and evolves the infrastructure that makes all of this possible. We are looking for individuals from a wide range of backgrounds with demonstrated quantitative and problem-solving skills. We value creativity, hard work, and on-the-job-excellence. Interested? Apply online or…

    Comment linking /careers/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)”
  18. Submitted Civis API: Scale Up Your Data Science as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  19. Civis Analytics | Security Engineer |Chicago, IL| ONSITE, FULL-TIME | https://www.civisanalytics.com/careers/ At Civis, we take protecting data seriously and are looking for a security engineer with security and compliance expertise. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will work with our General Counsel and team of DevOps Engineers on the constant stream of new products and technologies used to support our cloud plat…

    Comment linking /careers/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)”
  20. Submitted How Data Scientists and Social Scientists Can Work Together (Strata 2015 Talk) as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  21. Civis Analytics | Chicago, IL | https://civisanalytics.com Civis Analytics is building cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data, transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We help organizations solve their biggest problems with Big Data. We are currently hiring for multip…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015)”
  22. Submitted Interpreting and Visualizing Neural Networks for Text Processing as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  23. Civis Analytics | Chicago, IL | https://civisanalytics.com Civis is building cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better and easier. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data—transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We help organizations solve their biggest problems with Big Data. Our incredible team of engineers,…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)”
  24. Submitted SCOTUS, ACA, and Twitter as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  25. Civis Analytics ( https://civisanalytics.com ) - Chicago, IL - Full-time - Onsite What's so great about working at Civis Analytics? Your code will make the world a better place. Don’t just experience the thrill of solving interesting problems-- have the satisfaction of knowing that your work makes a difference in the world. You will learn. Our engineers and data scientists are the best and brightest in their fields,…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)”
  26. Submitted Strata 2016: Docker for Data Scientists as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  27. Civis Analytics | Remote | Full-Time | Software Engineer II, Software Engineering Technical Lead, Lead Product Manager, Applied Data Scientist II, Lead Applied Data Scientist | Must be US Authorized You can find descriptions for all roles listed using the following link: https://www.civisanalytics.com/careers/?utm_source=HackerNew... Civis Analytics specializes in data-driven audience campaigns for some of the world…

    Comment linking /careers/?utm_source=HackerNews&utm_medium=recruiting&utm_campaign=tech

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)”
  28. Submitted The Endless Hackweek as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. Civis Analytics | Chicago, IL | Full Time & Internships Civis Analytics is building cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data, transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We help organizations solve their biggest problems with Big Data. We are currently hiring for multiple…

    Comment linking /careers

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)”
  30. Submitted Why We Love Models as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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