Archives for “Economics”
Tweet “I get why people are so angry at seeing Christmas commercials and why petitions are starting left and right and why regular, educated, hard-working Americans are taking to the streets to occupy and lend their voices to the movement. These people are normal. They have kids and dogs and jobs that they’ve held for [...]
Tweet New post on Chron.com on What Are People Paid For? This is a cross-post so please comment on the Chron site if interested. Ed Schipul Two questions I like to ask in the interview process are below. (Oh don’t worry, most job applicants don’t take the time to google things like “schipul interview questions” [...]
Tweet As the company has grown over the years, I have hit a number of tipping points that were unexpected and hurt the company. Unfortunately I have been unable to find a book that predicts these moments accurately and I know few people who have organically grown a 30+ employee 13 year old technology and [...]
Tweet Some interesting excerpts, ones that I found interesting anyway, in Buffett’s 2011 annual letter. I read it every year and if you are interested in business you should too. I don’t own any Berkshire stock. I just like how Buffett thinks. All bold emphasis added by me. On Railroads, Trucking and the Environment (for [...]
Tweet Looking for a new business idea? Try feeding your brain with this list of the best technical papers of the last few years. Via slashdot. imjustatomato writes “Top computer science conferences typically have an award given to the best paper submitted to that conference. This web page compiles the best paper awards for 16 conferences since [...]
Tweet So here’s my advice: If you want to become an entrepreneur… or a musician, an occupational therapist, a magician — or whatever — be certain that you know what excites you and why you want to succeed, and don’t fret over how you’ll get there. Know that when you’re driven by the right motivating [...]
Tweet Great preso in my opinion on job searching using social media from happykatie. Job Hunt 2.0 – using the Web to find a new career View more presentations from Katie Laird.
Tweet Ran into this 2004 economics paper referenced by Wayne Marr on twitter. Several quotes that jumped out at me for a variety of reasons. All economics links added by me. “The foundation blocks of standard finance were now in place, supporting one another. Investors are rational, prices are efficient, risk is measured by beta [...]
Tweet Morgan Stanley says we are near the trough in the decline of computer sales and that it’s going to be all uphill from here. But why? WHY? The article points to no particular reason for the upturn they are predicting beyond “the cycle.” This is about the same as the constant rosy predictions from [...]