[genericpseudo]

> Stitch Fix makes it a major brand point that computers are an important part of the process

(which even if you disregard everything else is a really good line to take if you're after recruiting good machine learning engineers!)

[achompas]

You hit the nail on the head. They also reveal this strategy through their data science "thought leadership" posts, which are seemingly meant to appeal to data folks (own your code! add value through modeling! don't worry about collaborating with engineers!) but do not reflect the realities of industrial data science.

(Note: I'm biased and tweetstormed about Stitch Fix's most recent blog post earlier today. https://twitter.com/achompas/status/967085860763193345)