JA Westenberg
Every year April Fool's Day reveals that roughly 70% of the people in tech are walking around carrying the unshakeable belief that they could do a tight 5 at the Comedy Store. They cannot. They can barely do a tight 5 in a product review.
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Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShell7h ago

@Daojoan

The smartest people in the universe just showed us everything

Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines7h ago

@Daojoan @GhostOnTheHalfShell

The smartest people in the universe work in finance, not Ai...

...and they are robbing us blind.

Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShell7h ago

@n_dimension @Daojoan

Closely mirroring the thesis of Gary Stevenson that financial institutions hire economists who are good at analyzing the economy.

Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines7h ago

@Daojoan @GhostOnTheHalfShell

Its a comparatively easy equation.

If you're the smartest guy in the room
You pick finance, not medicine, pharma or tech.

You retire by 40 with millions up your kazoo.

Show threadeestileib (she/hers)6h ago

@n_dimension @Daojoan @GhostOnTheHalfShell

Or you value things in your life in addition to financial security?

Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines6h ago

@Daojoan @GhostOnTheHalfShell @eestileib

Not the folks in fintech...
...not the ones I've met.

Show threadVictor7h ago
@Daojoan For a few years while I ran TUAW I tried my hand at stand up comedy. I wasn't bad, and there was no living to be made, but boy howdy did my Cringe Detector get put on full alert.
Show threadjohn spurling7h ago
@Daojoan What about a tight 67?
Show threadeestileib (she/hers)6h ago

@Daojoan

On the other hand, five long minutes to describe what they did yesterday in a scrum meeting is par for the course.