September 2007
6 posts
“New York may raise the base fare for city subways and buses… One option...”
– Bloomberg News
Sep 24th
Play
Dan and I recently discussed going back to school, and its benefits or costs. In the context of the NYTimes article that outlines how b-school has become a liability in corners of finance, we both seemed in agreement: There seems little advantage in going back to school in order to gain access to the job market in which we currently work. Dan, however, seems above the noise. For the first time...
Sep 21st
“Schachter asked the group to pair off, with the goal of conducting a casual...”
– Facebook in the Flesh as quoted in The New Yorker’s, Talk of the Town
Sep 13th
Jelly on NPR!
Amit forwards us the Morning Edition NPR story all about Jelly, the coworking space I participate in and sometimes host. Awesome work guys! Listen to the story here or on MP3!
Sep 13th
“For preinstalled versions of MySQL on Mac OS X Server, note especially that you...”
– Goes without saying! From MySQL on OS X
Sep 1st
Banks set to cut 10-15% of staff as markets take... →
I remember having a conversation with Dan about 3 months ago discussing how lucky we’d been to enter the financial job market when we did.  It was only a few years ago, he pointed out, that 20% of all young analysts had been laid off due to poor market conditions.  For us, however, there are more opportunities in hedge funds and banks than ever before.  I think I’ll call my parents and...
Sep 1st