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SportsCenter anchor Neil Everett drops 5 or 6 references to Moe. in this clip.
Moe.rons only need apply...
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September 19, 2007
Oh Happy Day!
Yahoo! opens registration for Fantasy Basketball. Let the good times roll...
September 16, 2007
Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to go
I couldn't help but chuckle this afternoon as I read this article. It tracks the current trend of young finance professionals forgoing their MBA's because the opportunity cost, i.e. lost wages while you spend two years out of the workforce, has become too high.
Too high you say? Tell that to the 28-year-old hedge fund manager in the article who is making low 7-figures.
Why the chuckle? Well, I was on the train back from Philadelphia to New York where I had spent the weekend watching football, talking fantasy basketball, and eating a cheesesteak. Reading an article like this is definitely snaps you back into a New York mindset Finance dominates the discussion these days in New York. Much like Internet dominated the discussion in '99-'00.
The parallels between the Internet boom and bust and today's article are striking and scary. When everyone wants to work in your industry that's probably a bad sign. People stop looking forward and focus on maximizing returns for this quarter, or this week, or today. In other words, everyone is chasing the money. And when people stop planning for the future in hopes of a few short years of rapid financial gain? Hello bubble! Too much money, not enough talent, and pie-in-the-sky dreams is a sure recipe for disaster.
Paul Kedrosky, a blogger I read a ton, feels the same way.
September 12, 2007
Dear Delta Part II, or MrShafrir steps into the wayback machine to validate his feelings
Over on Consumerist, a reader chimes in with a tale of how Delta tried to stick him with a $70 change fee when he tried to change to an earlier flight on the same date as his original booking.
Astute readers will recall a similar tale on MrShafrir from way back in November 2006.
How do companies get away behaving like this? Or is the more obvious question how do bankrupt companies become bankrupt?
September 07, 2007
And Now She's Dead
OK, not really, stealing another favorite Gawker headline seemed appropriate.
Anyhow, my sister is leaving Gawker today!
There goes my tenuous grip on New York City celebrity.
September 04, 2007
Another shoutout to my girl Jenny Lewis
The new Rilo Kiley album Under the Blacklight is, um, tasty.
September 03, 2007
Who knew?
Apparently a bunch of developers here at TheLadders.com have been writing a blog for quite some time.
Here it is (creatively titled): TheLadders.com Developer Blog.
A few observations I have about software developers after almost 3 and a half years at TheLadders.com.
1) Whatever is on their computer screens looks infinitely more complicated than what is on my screen.
2) To a person, they have an unbending belief that "sure, we can do that."
3) A typical conversation begins with my asking a question, a long-winded response with a bunch crap I don't understand, followed by my saying "so yes?"
4) They all think they can sell. And we all think that fixing bugs should take about 20 minutes.
5) As soon as I got a remote-controlled helicopter, they went out and bought two (including a blimp). Woe be the guy that has cooler technology than a software developer.
6) Asking one of them to help me with my Windows software problems is like asking vegan to eat a whole hog.
What else can you add to this list?
"I'm not only a user, I'm the CFO"
Check out Marc Cenedella (our CEO) interviewing Rob Price (our CFO) about Rob's experience using TheLadders.com. We found Rob on TheLadders (be nice to these two, they sign the checks). You too can find your senior-level people on TheLadders.com just by clicking here.
And just for the heck of it...