Amazon Science - Eugene Yan and the Art of Writing about Science

Eugene Yan · 4 years ago

Eugene Yan, an applied scientist at Amazon who builds recommendation systems, is recognized in the machine learning community for his technical writing on his website eugeneyan.com. He started the site in 2020 initially for personal development and now writes posts covering machine learning systems, data science methodology, and career topics. Yan's writing practice, informed by mentor advice that communication is critical for career advancement, has influenced how he approaches documentation at Amazon, where he writes as many design documents as he codes.