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by _sword 8y ago
This is a historical analysis that’s a couple years out of date. Under Microsoft, LinkedIn revenues have re-accelerated growth to 33% Y/Y in the most recent quarter vs. LinkedIn decelerating substantially to ~20’s % Y/Y growth ind
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by _sword 8y ago
Nope. I work in equity research and am lucky enough to be on the team that I'm on, but it doesn't seem meaningful or worthwhile. I generate investment ideas through industry, company-specific, and technology-specific research and
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by _sword 8y ago
Much of this seems to be outdated, like someone at the end of 2016 looking towards 2017 trends. Devsumer makes sense still. Devops more generally is probably a better market to highlight especially as organizations try and tackle security c
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by _sword 8y ago
I have a number of friends who are presently in medical school who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The ~75% number seems highly consistent with my experiences. Replace "coffee" with "adderall" and it would remai
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by _sword 8y ago
This appears to be more pop-science trying yet failing to provide a succinct translation of what is happening. It sounds like certain researchers are relating a better studied mathematical model from a different field to the problem at hand
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by _sword 8y ago
Most finance roles don't anymore. There's a large supply of candidates looking for roles across finance in e.g. NYC, but the industry is also shrinking in many areas, leading to compensation compression. I'm particularly thin
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by _sword 8y ago
Congrats on the fundraising and the momentum Amjad!
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by _sword 8y ago
Market likely will be assessing them on billings and then afterwards looking for FCF expansion, and finally tracking Non-GAAP op. margin. At ~80% Y/Y FY'18 billings growth investors probably focus on that metric.
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by _sword 8y ago
Would you mind giving some more context around your age or relative career maturity when you went back to school? I’m recently 27 and aiming for grad school next year, accelerating my plans after a really bad summer grind in my role.
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by _sword 8y ago
Pivoting my career and figuring out how to enjoy life again. I’ve been working on Wall Street for the past 4-5 years in a front office role and am apparently good at what I do, though I don’t find the work fulfilling or interesting. I’m str
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Ask HN: How do you re-engage with your sense of wonder?
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by _sword 9y ago
Looks awesome Amjad, keep up the great momentum!
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by _sword 9y ago
It's likely that the compromised Equifax data was plaintext log files of people trying to log in for things like free credit reports or to dispute items on their credit reports, which contained all the data required to log into these p
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by _sword 10y ago
Adding on one thought, many insiders of publicly traded companies will sell shares through pre-established 10b5-1 plans. This can help to provide liquidity to insiders while limiting the potential for accusations of insider trading as insid
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by _sword 11y ago
Has anyone else ever had the cord of their magsafe charger start sparking or catch on fire (as it burns through the insulation and rubber) right behind the adapter? I've had it happen with I believe three chargers across two different
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by _sword 11y ago
Adding to that, the authors of the article and the paper are constructing an argument that over-prescription of opiod painkillers is a significant component of the problem.
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by _sword 11y ago
I entirely agree, it's really amazing to me, especially the eulogy's reflection on the Cold War, how the conflict was personalized, and how mutual respect for service people is rendered. I can totally see how this could have been
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by _sword 11y ago
I don't believe the book is ready to ship yet, but I'm looking forward to when it is! I had the pleasure of working with Linda (author of this book) a few years back and she is really a wonderful person and I'm very happy for
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by _sword 11y ago
ServiceNow - ITSM / ITOM Workday - HCM / ERP NetSuite - ERP, Commerce, CRM
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by _sword 11y ago
Perhaps introducing them to a bit of philosophy bundled with a few good jokes would be helpful: http://existentialcomics.com/
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by _sword 11y ago
Physics models of quantum phenomena are fantastic and interesting, but there can be a bit of lag between the theoretical developments underpinning the technology and the material science and general technological advances that make such the
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by _sword 11y ago
I realize this isn't contributing to the conversation, but it's funny to see this directly underneath the post describing the immense dropoff in foursquare's popularity.
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by _sword 12y ago
What's good StreetAccounts highlights
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by _sword 12y ago
Been running a game server on OVH that has been repeatedly DDOS'd by random people. It may take a moment or two to kick in and cause some wonky connectivity around the times of the attacks, but their service has been able to take some
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by _sword 12y ago
It is worth emphasizing the cost in this case. My family is fortunate enough to be able to both access excellent healthcare and pay for the complete cold cap procedures (which included a trained specialist who would apply and maintain the c
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by _sword 12y ago
My mother used a cold cap when undergoing chemo during treatment for breast cancer. She kept her hair, although it thinned quite a bit, throughout treatment. She read about it extensively, understood that it is not as well accepted in the U
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by _sword 12y ago
But we did have the prestige of being consistently ranked the most stressful school!
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by _sword 12y ago
My (I believe) great-grandfather was on the Yale football team during their famed flying wedge days and back when the leather helmets were their only protection. As far as my memory of our family records can remember, he died in his early f
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by _sword 12y ago
It's reported by CNBC, which almost exclusively puts out puff opinion pieces when its not reporting financial results.
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by _sword 12y ago
Europe's economy is in a very bad place

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