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“Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!” – Bill Gates, 1981 Technology is defined as “the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area” according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. So state of the art technology in the early 1970′s were floppy disks, LCDs, VCRs and Pong all while we were watching Star Trek (yes, [...] “Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch it to be sure.” – Murphy’s Law Why is it that we always need to learn things the hard way? No matter how much advice we [...] For those of you who have followed by blog from “the early days”, you will know that I work for a Wall Street firm. Two years ago, the answer to my blog title would have been “no one”. But today, there are more jobs on Wall Street than they can fill (“not true” you say?). [...] “Always look on the bright side of life” – Eric Idle Remember as a kid when every three day holiday weekend the local radio station would countdown the “1000 greatest hits of the (decade, century, millennium, blah blah) “? And you would listen over the weekend, hoping not to miss the number one hit? I [...] “Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.” — Unknown I remember the first time I went to Las Vegas with some of my friends. We were in our early twenty’s, no experience in gambling but eager to win (a bad combination). Every gambling game has some level of chance to it. Now take [...] “Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit”. – Frank Borman In the “early days” (after the invention of electricity but before Personal Computers), there were all of these “perks” that were available to those lucky enough to find the right employer. I remember one of my early jobs working on the trading [...] “A good rule of thumb is if you’ve made it to thirty-five and your job still requires you to wear a name tag, you’ve made a serious vocational error.” – Dennis Miller I started interviewing college students for my company’s summer intern program this past week. It’s interesting to compare their resumes, what they’ve done [...] “When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream.” – John Lennon When I was growing up I used to go to a pond near my house with my friends to look for tadpoles. It [...] “Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.” – Richard Branson I was coming back from an errand the other day and I ran into my neighbor and did the perfunctory “How’s it going?” and she says “I just got laid off again” and I think “whoa, that is the third time in [...] |
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