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When I was in middle school a family friend (and Microsoft engineer) advised me to spend my teens and twenties dating as many people as possible and give every
by delazeur 11y ago
When I was in middle school a family friend (and Microsoft engineer) advised me to spend my teens and twenties dating as many people as possible and give every relationship a numerical rating, then settle down with the first person who exceeded two standard deviations above the average.
The advice was mostly in jest, but I think it says something interesting about how tech people look at the world.
- fossuser 11y ago[Edit] Suppose I should have read the article first since it's basically about exactly this. Sounds like he was giving a high level explanation of the 'secretary problem'. Since an alternate name for it is the marriage problem, I guess it's not too far off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem