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Thanks! I wonder about finding the balance between skills that are specialized enough to be rare, and but not so rare that people don’t need them that often...

Anything by PG Wodehouse may work, assuming you like virtuosic light fiction from the 1920s-1940s. On the other hand my father almost never reads fiction unless it is depressing an…

Thanks for your thoughts and observations. I may be one of these “simply sight readers”. I supposedly taught myself to read at an alarmingly, insufferably young age. I have no memo…

I know a couple high-powered executives who have to fly all over the world and meet tough deadlines. They love routine. They love staying at the exact same hotel every time they’re…

Thanks for putting this into words. During bad times it’s awful, during good times it’s “only a matter of time”. I wish I knew how I could avoid feeling so helpless. So far I have …

How did you made the switch to working by yourself?

It’s possible that if you could spin up an open source relational database like Postgres or MySQL and load your data set, you could do everything but the models and viz themselves …

Some things you could do from anywhere with internet: - take Skype lessons - listen to English-language podcasts - read Strunk & White

“Unschooling” might interest you.

If this is your idea: This is a weird, bad deal for the applicant. Only desperate people will put up with the hassle and the insult. I predict you will be shocked when these desper…

I’m living your dream then! It’s pretty good. It’ll be ten fun tears “mega social media”-free next year. I’ll use any online tool if it has a point (usually work or hobby related) …

I quit all personal social media years and years ago. I use a ton of email and text and am deeply involved in several real world communities and hobbies. I do have a LinkedIn I mai…