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by parallel_item 8y ago
Maybe while they are at it they can make some additional $$ improving NYC MTAs sensor network so MTA can know where the trains are!
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by parallel_item 8y ago
Context: I am a data analyst who previously was an auditor. JIRA was a game changer for me and I would have loved to have used it during my Audit career. As such, I want an Issue Tracker that works for technical and non-technical individual
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by parallel_item 8y ago
Some finance books I love (and reread frequently). These books are more about characters and stories, more than traditional non-fiction. My Life as a Quant by Emanuel Derman The Quants by Scott Patterson A Man for All Markets by Edward O. T
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Ask HN: Free Software Proponents, was there a moment that converted you?
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by parallel_item 8y ago
> "not the need to find my place in life at this stage," I appreciated this perspective. My primary motivation for pursuing deep work is due to an insecurity with my current ability to be useful to the economy. If this was val
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by parallel_item 8y ago
I like to think of myself as having "alternative" priorities :) Thanks a bunch!
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by parallel_item 8y ago
I think a key factor in this decision may be the perceived risk of putting huge capital behind a single black box model. I would assume this differs from more ML-heavy quant firms like Two-Sigma, because BlackRock's products generally
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by parallel_item 8y ago
Business Intelligence Roadmap by Moss and Atre
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by parallel_item 8y ago
Some crazy stat exists related to this. Something like Apple making less than 15% of global units while reaping some 80% of the global profits related to said units. In this case, I weigh profits as the best manifestation of the company&#x2
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by parallel_item 8y ago
Software engineering (not as a job) for data analytics and data science that help me automate information consumption.
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by parallel_item 8y ago
A clock face is a timeless UI
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by parallel_item 8y ago
My friends think its passion, but really I just forced the medicine down until it became habit, then a permanent fixture, and now is familiar and relaxing. I love learning new things but the "passion" idea is really just me explor
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by parallel_item 8y ago
They aren't all self help. Some just shook my world view so much that I couldn't help but introspect, reviewing everything I believe from a new angle. I find the experience I had with each fairly intimate. I hope others may have t
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by parallel_item 8y ago
I would like to give my 2 cents on where I see any opportunity! A newer quant will be incentivized to create an equity strategy because the data is available and the markets are liquid. Because the equity markets have been automated for so
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by parallel_item 8y ago
An omnipresent underlying sense of anxiety and rage caused by something or other in my past that is useful for work but not useful for building relationships!
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by parallel_item 9y ago
I heard an iOS developer make a comment once saying that deciding to develop for iOS means less folks may have access (under the assumption that Android is more common) but you are guaranteeing that those with access to your application hav
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by parallel_item 9y ago
Folks hate on Upwork.com but I have used it to secure and build good long-term relationships. Once the relationships grew we could take it offline to a more formal relationship. Because I started my career as an accountant, I have been able
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by parallel_item 9y ago
A semester during my undergraduate degree, my registrar account was allowed to sign up for a class after I made a case they should waive the pre-requisite for me. During my sign-up window, I was unable to enroll in the class before it was f
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by parallel_item 9y ago
The big pieces that have helped me understand and grow with tf: I began learning a lot about the workflow through cookbooks with dialogue on why specific practices are used. My favorites started small with something like a linear regression
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by parallel_item 9y ago
Like Midas, it is the dream of all green auditors until they find it and realize the downsides.
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by parallel_item 9y ago
I applied it to a sizable chunk of company expense data when auditing accounts payable. It highlighted some managers who made consistent purchases from the same vendor, not the multi-million dollar fraud I was hoping to find.