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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Awesome post! I like his comments about building human capital, reputational capital, and social capital. This is forgotten by many folks. It's not just the cash. I also like the importance of working on things you can show and share
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   My 2 cents... If 2 degrees have the same difficulty, and offer careers with similar "non-cash benefits" but different salaries, then there is an issue. STEM grads go into finance and consulting because that's where the pay i
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Once upon a time the lounges in the US had unlimited free drinks. (I don't travel as much now, so I'm not sure any more) It might not be worth the commute to an airport for a mediocre lunch, but for all you can drink? The real i
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I agree - articles like this are saying, "I'm hacking the phone system by checking busy payphones for change," or "I'm hacking my favorite bar by not tipping the waiters, so I save 15%!" It really gives hackin
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I think Bing is a lost battle. The real question is what can they do on Azure, and can they move people to a cloud-based Office suite. On arrogance - this comes with size. The larger a company gets, the more internal stakeholders they hav
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I've seen this in action at some large telecom companies. Beat the smallest issues to death, and never get to the bigger ones. I assumed that this was a way to avoid the bigger issues, as opposed to fixating on that which is easier u
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Good point. It's very hard to be partially committed to either technology or running a huge firm. Mastering the internals of a huge company is a full time job. So is staying on top of technology in the marketplace. Hiring an inside
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   This seems strange, as it's a little removed from the folks doing most of the complaining, no? This case is striking on many levels, the most obvious being the effective theft of large amounts of money by some of the richest people on
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It will be very interesting to see what this means. When he dropped the CEO title, the goal was to be more of a visionary too. An open question... What's the big thing he brings to the table? Strategic thinking? Vision? Competitiv
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I sometimes find the smart and lazy in charge, because their laziness forces them to be charismatic. In reality this seems like a false classification. People of all types make it to the top, and it's hard to find some simple metric t
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    Microsoft names Nadella as CEO(cnbc.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    One of the publication's sources predicts the cuts -- which are expected to hit at least 15,000 people -- will be "a bloodbath" when it arrives this week. The severance package includes two months' pay plus an extra wee
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Probably more accurate to say Binge Viewing kills discussion. And I think it may. There's less water cooler conversation than over the Walking Dead. My take on binge viewing - I'd rather see a Greatest Hits to get current. I do
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    Why clever and lazy people make great leaders(theweek.com)

    16 points by mathattack 13y ago|5 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This article hit on something very true... I used to LOVE games. Many of the top programmers I knew got their start making awesome games. Now the people I know getting into games are experts in gamification. And the games are absolutely
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Thank you very much for sharing!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I concur that it's largely a zero-sum game, but it still can make local sense. New York can see economic activity that another city might not.
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    Inside the Microsoft CEO search(tech.fortune.cnn.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    Retailers Ask: Where Did Teenagers Go?(nytimes.com)

    30 points by mathattack 13y ago|53 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Ahh - I misinterpreted partners. I thoughts it was the coinvestors providing converts. This makes much more sense to me now, and is obvious in hindsight.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Am I the only one that thinks 15% could be too low? Unless they are rapidly investing in new games, it seems like they're on a "Milk what you have, and buy what you don't" strategy.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This seems to solve one problem, but does it create another? Does it diminish the incentive for partners? Or wind up penalizing the winners (better firms coming out of demo day) by reducing their exposure to firms most likely to invest in
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    Sense and sensorbility: the book that lets you feel your protagonist's pain(theguardian.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    There’s a giant robot directing traffic in Congo(washingtonpost.com)

    3 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    Map: 'How Much Snow It Typically Takes to Cancel School in the U.S.'(theatlantic.com)

    2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Right - everything you said is true. I'm highlighting that Jobs as the exception. :-)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This was before the craft brew revolution. I think so many folks drank Corona, Heinekin and Molson that they assumed everyone else did. But the power drinkers (multiple pitchers a night) go with Busch, Bud and Miller High Life. The genera
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    This is true for many things. In a marketing class long ago the professor asked what % of the US beer industry was imported. The answers were all over the place, with most answers between 30 and 50%. She responded with, "It's le
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I am no expert on torrents, but I like this conceptually. Publicly funded academic research should be free.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I noticed that Facebook now has a trending feature. It seems like another move to fight Twitter.