dataman85

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by dataman85 10y ago
Agree with certain aspects, but the risk-reward is clearly easier for VCs who can hedge their bets across multiple startups and earn nice salaries regardless(even after ignoring the carry). As an entrepreneur, you can't hedge bets and
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by dataman85 11y ago
They create companies that are broken from inside, and just pumped with marketing money. Most traditional VCs don't touch Rocket companies, they raise funding from oligarchs, old school industries trying to go "online". [1] w
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by dataman85 15y ago
Can you point to a webpage/book discussing "the ideas of Le Corbusier in light of the findings of Christopher Alexander"? Google didn't really help, and it sounds like you have something specific in mind.
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by dataman85 17y ago
Exactly. Top hedge fund managers regularly make over a billion every year. Even last year, with the stock market meltdown, the 25 top earners made more than $11 billion. http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/markets/hedge_alpha/index.ht...
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Is Your Business Useless? - Umair Haque(blogs.harvardbusiness.org)
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by dataman85 17y ago
Not to take anything away from Bill Gates, but he always had a million dollar trust fund to fall back on. (Source: http://philip.greenspun.com/bg/ )
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by dataman85 17y ago
A lot of schools use http://www.applyyourself.com/
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by dataman85 17y ago
Funnily enough, Enron had the same system where if you scored towards the bottom you were quickly shown the door. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,129988,00.h... Of course, most big companies have a employing rating system
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by dataman85 17y ago
In his linkedin profile Shel Kaphan describes himeself as Amazon's first employee.
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by dataman85 17y ago
Discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=660729
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by dataman85 17y ago
Most of the times they have some prior background in the language. But often you teach to very young kids as well, in that case you are usually paired with a local teaching assistant.
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by dataman85 17y ago
The good thing is you will need to make comparatively very little amount of money. If you can make around $25K/year you can live very well in S & SE Asia, parts of S. America and I would guess Africa. If you work as a freelance develope
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by dataman85 17y ago
I don't think I would have come back if it wasn't for her You mean to stay you would have stayed abroad? Am little confused as you start talking about expats dying of preventable diseases immediately afterwords
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by dataman85 17y ago
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2009/05/ed-andrews-... Original NYT author responding to recent revelations.
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by dataman85 17y ago
Where are the jobs for college grads who are not CS majors?
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by dataman85 17y ago
As someone not familiar with divorce laws and alimony, I was shocked to read that he has to pay $4k every month for child support. That makes a $120K salary almost a $50 - 60K salary after taking into account progressive taxation.
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by dataman85 18y ago
Considering the author is a Rhodes Scholar, she sounds incredibly risk-averse. Working for a top management consulting firm is a great signal of your competence to future employers. But if you already have such markers (Rhodes Scholar, MIT,
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by dataman85 18y ago
Agree. But with a title like "What Should I Do with My Life, Now?," an article should offer some more insight than just saying the road to success is extremely complex. I realize he is differentiating himself from other self-help books that
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by dataman85 18y ago
what exactly does that imply? Different people have to climb different staircases for success? How is that useful insight?
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by dataman85 18y ago
In Shanghai I thought the Pudong area was surprisingly empty, considering the tall buildings coming up everywhere. It is almost deserted compared to Manhattan, or even the other side of the river in Shanghai. Did not notice this phenomenon
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by dataman85 18y ago
He is also an angel investor in Xobni. So he will see some payout when they flip.
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by dataman85 18y ago
You are thinking too much. If your idea excited you, just get to it. Stop thinking if you can do it or not, just start trying and see if you enjoy the process.