Short is better than long
It is easier to write and say more when you don’t understand something.
Short communication requires deeper knowledge.
I am currently working at Reddit. Over the past twelve or so years I have worked at OpenSea, Google, Rollbar, Alan, Flexport, and Facebook primarily as a Staff+ level software engineer.
Before going to Facebook, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in Mathematical Finance at the California Institute of Technology; and before that I did my PhD at Princeton University focusing on applied probability and game theory.
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My philosophy on education
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What I'm thinking of reading
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Another Year In Review
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Two Years of Skydiving
On July 13, 2013 I did a tandem skydive. It took me two and a half years to finally get around to signing up for a first jump course, the first step on the way to getting a skydiving license and…