LinkedIn veteran recalls 2008: logistic regression plus better data beat all the PhD techniques
vboykis · x · 2026-09-11
Former LinkedIn engineer criccomini recalls discovering in 2008, while working on People You May Know, that simple logistic regression with much better, more abundant, and faster data far outperformed SVM, lasso, and other PhD-level techniques. The lesson pushed him toward data engineering over fancy modeling—a view that echoes today's renewed emphasis on simple methods plus good data.
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