BRAVERY IS RELATIVEOR THE INFORMATION YOU LACK IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED

SILENT EVIDENCE !

WHAT KIND OF TECH WORK TO DO !

EMH !

OPPORTUNITIES

Things to come

STEPHEN RYLANDER MORNINGSTAR !

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• Experience = Full stack web • In = Entertainment, agencies, commerce, finance • Now = API’s • Occasionally write something • Helping others get in on a great career. !

• stephen.rylander@morningstar.com

BEING BRAVEVS WALKING AWAY

FAIL !

CHANDLER

MORNINGSTAR + ME !

PORTFOLIO AGGREGATION• 2 years • 4-7 developers; designers, etc • Market moving past us

SUCCESS !

WINDOWS NT

PROBLEM OF: SILENT EVIDENCEDEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

PEOPLE DON’T WRITE LABORIOUS TIME CONSUMING BLOGS ABOUT JOBS THEY HATE

VARIETY OF WORK

FULL STACK DEV (JAVA, C#, RUBY, PYTHON…) WEB FRONT END DB DATA SCIENCE (?) M2M MOBILE CORE ENGINEERING

BIG SHOP OR SMALL SHOP !

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SHOW OF HANDS

PREJUDICES DON’T LEAD TO BRAVE DECISIONS

Small Shop Bigots Big Company Fools

I AM JACK’S TOTAL LACK OF INFORMATION

EMHEFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS

YOU CAN’T BE THE MARKETS

price

time (information and news)

ticker: foo

YOU AND YOUR JOB ARE NOT FAIRLY VALUED. !

NOT ALL INFORMATION IS KNOWN.

> INFO FOR A PROJECT !

> INFO WHEN TAKING A JOB

PUT YOUR MONEY/TIME WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS …

John Resig

What am I famous for?

WHO CARESOPPORTUNITY COST

Friedrich von Wieser

THE LOSS OF POTENTIAL GAIN FROM OTHER ALTERNATIVES WHEN ONE ALTERNATIVE IS CHOSEN

You chose door 1, so don’t get to enjoy door 2. You chose to work there, so you don’t get to work here.

NOT A MATTER OF COURAGE. !

IT’S ALL UTILITY. !

CHOICES -> NEEDS !

A = UTILITY * 2 B = UTILITY *5

WRAPPING UP

BEING BRAVE IS JUST AN OPINION. !

NAIVETY WON’T HURT YOU. !

BEING BRAVE IS RELATIVE.

THANKSinteresting books: - The Black Swan - The Fall of the Alphas - Dreaming in Code - Showstopper!

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