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by bearmf 14y ago
It does exist but it is smaller than 350k in the post. He might be not bad at managing money but almost everyone who starts earning more starts spending more. This is not bad money management, this is human nature. Another effect is cost-o
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by bearmf 14y ago
Opportunity cost is tricky. For a hypothetical masters graduate who is already working you have to factor increased spending (which definitely increases with income), probably much higher rent and other "advantages" of adult life. He might
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by bearmf 14y ago
Technically, you can get EB-1 or EB-2 without having an H-1B. In practice, it is much more common to go H-1B -> EB-2. EB-1 is probably doable for CS PhD but still very uncommon.
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by bearmf 14y ago
Oh how scary: kids walking or taking subway to school! WTF is scary about this? NYC is the safest big city in US. And who is "Mr Softie"?
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by bearmf 14y ago
Whether IQ exists or not, students definitely self-select for their mathematical aptitude when choosing the "scientific" track. Also you said there is a minimal math grades cutoff. Math grades have high correlation with IQ test results.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I do not want to discuss race/national IQ differences, this is a sensitive topic and does not really belong here. I am quite sure individual IQ differences are not controversial though and cannot be "dwarfed" by good educational processes.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I will present a somewhat controversial point of view here. The problem with math education lies as much with teachers as it does with students. If you have students that cannot understand basic formulas and memorize them, you are not going
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by bearmf 14y ago
It is interesting to note that they require salary history to determine new employee's level which people on HN tend to not like.
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by bearmf 14y ago
If you know the right people it can be that easy, I agree. However for someone with no experience and no connections in the industry this would be hard.
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by bearmf 14y ago
Try to find a company full of like-minded people (maybe math/physics PhDs) and a job that is actually interesting to you. There will be no "overqualified" questions if interviewers understand you and your motivations well and you are enthus
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by bearmf 14y ago
You are exaggerating, OP has almost no experience in software development. And it is never that easy to get a job even if you are good. Nowadays it is more like 2-3 phone interviews, then a whole day series of face-to-face interviews, then
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by bearmf 14y ago
You should also think of how your attitude might change when you have professionally programmed for several years. It is of course good to like programming. But doing real projects that have users other than yourself is very different from
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by bearmf 14y ago
Quant finance is very hard to get into at the moment.
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by bearmf 14y ago
This is because most online fraudsters over the world target US companies and individuals.
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by bearmf 14y ago
Great site! I have just discovered it from the post. One thing I immediately noticed: If you are looking for 2br apartments, you will get a lot of results that are not actually 2br, but 1br that could possibly be converted into 2br. They ar
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by bearmf 14y ago
HopStop is much better IMHO. It can show real maps for one thing, and supports multiple transit agencies.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I like this link: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/us-ra... NYC costs are very high, they should be more in line with London at least.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I am sure most people in New York do it too (read a book, play games, not worry about pickpockets). Most New York trains are not really crowded at rush hour, with the exception of Lexington avenue line.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I believe it is not safe to bike there. There are also probably some areas that are dangerous/unpleasant to walk through.
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by bearmf 14y ago
Moscow has a good public transportation system though. Lol @ tube never getting stuck.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I believe the trains are still very crowded at rush hour. People get used to that because driving is not an option and it is socially acceptable for everyone to take the subway.
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by bearmf 14y ago
Good public transportation by itself is not enough. Driving a car is still a "high status" marker in most of the world, especially in developing countries. People need to show off, the world is not all populated by Japanese. For example, Mo
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by bearmf 14y ago
It is also the norm in US.
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by bearmf 14y ago
HFT happens on millisecond scale. That is what they mean by "short term" now. If you are going to hold a stock for weeks it will probably not affect you at all. Even if your holding period is several hours you are not really competing with
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by bearmf 14y ago
I agree that this article is better than average. >'Data science' may be a new term, but it describes something companies have been doing for decades. This is not what most articles say. They actually try to frame it as something "new a
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by bearmf 14y ago
I remember reading at least 10 articles with nearly the same content during the year. Why are authors so eager to convince everyone of big data's sexiness? Results should speak for themselves. So far Linkedin's Friend Suggest is one of the
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by bearmf 14y ago
But it does run through one of the most densely populated areas in the world. See Manhattan Community Board 8 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_densely_popula...
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by bearmf 14y ago
There is no comparison of labor costs in the article. I suspect a union worker in New York City makes more money than most European government employees.
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by bearmf 14y ago
I highly doubt that an ordinary recruiter will do a better job of screening resumes than a hiring manager / member of a hiring group. It is entirely possible for someone in your team to spend 1 hour a day screening resumes and you will have
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by bearmf 14y ago
Skipping the above process is clearly worth something! Though two months is too much, even in Manhattan.

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