Confessions of a Nerdy (but Not Very Talented) Engineer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confessions of a Nerdy (but Not Very Talented) Engineer write by Wayne Brown. This book was released on 2020-05-25. Confessions of a Nerdy (but Not Very Talented) Engineer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is in part a memoir and also offers some tongue-in-cheek self-help guidance to assist others in navigating through (fairly minor) dilemmas in daily life. The book can be especially applicable to folks who, like the author (a self-proclaimed nerd), have a limited set of social and life skills to properly handle situations that involve human interaction.Throughout the book, the author relies heavily on self-deprecating humor, continually making fun of himself as he presents awkward situations in his life and how he handled them. His "handling" may not have been especially adroit or smooth; emotional intelligence is generally not a strong-suit of a nerd or an engineer. (Is nerd-engineer an oxymoron?) But the situations can be amusing and it is hoped that the reader would enjoy the intended humor. Also, in seeing how the socially-challenged author handled some of the everyday dilemmas in his life, one might gain insight in how to better deal with situations like that in their own lives. That, of course, might be a bit of a "stretch" for this book. It is hoped that if nothing else, the book provides a fun and enjoyable read.
Confessions of a D-List Supervillain
Confessions of a D-List Supervillain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confessions of a D-List Supervillain write by Jim Bernheimer. This book was released on 2011-04-10. Confessions of a D-List Supervillain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Follows the exploits of Mechani-Cal, a down on his luck armored villain.
The Cult of Smart
The Cult of Smart - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cult of Smart write by Fredrik deBoer. This book was released on 2020-08-04. The Cult of Smart available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.
How I Became a Quant
How I Became a Quant - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How I Became a Quant write by Richard R. Lindsey. This book was released on 2011-01-11. How I Became a Quant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Praise for How I Became a Quant "Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant details the quirky world of quantitative analysis through stories told by some of today's most successful quants. For anyone who might have thought otherwise, there are engaging personalities behind all that number crunching!" --Ira Kawaller, Kawaller & Co. and the Kawaller Fund "A fun and fascinating read. This book tells the story of how academics, physicists, mathematicians, and other scientists became professional investors managing billions." --David A. Krell, President and CEO, International Securities Exchange "How I Became a Quant should be must reading for all students with a quantitative aptitude. It provides fascinating examples of the dynamic career opportunities potentially open to anyone with the skills and passion for quantitative analysis." --Roy D. Henriksson, Chief Investment Officer, Advanced Portfolio Management "Quants"--those who design and implement mathematical models for the pricing of derivatives, assessment of risk, or prediction of market movements--are the backbone of today's investment industry. As the greater volatility of current financial markets has driven investors to seek shelter from increasing uncertainty, the quant revolution has given people the opportunity to avoid unwanted financial risk by literally trading it away, or more specifically, paying someone else to take on the unwanted risk. How I Became a Quant reveals the faces behind the quant revolution, offering you?the?chance to learn firsthand what it's like to be a?quant today. In this fascinating collection of Wall Street war stories, more than two dozen quants detail their roots, roles, and contributions, explaining what they do and how they do it, as well as outlining the sometimes unexpected paths they have followed from the halls of academia to the front lines of an investment revolution.
The Audacity of Hope
The Audacity of Hope - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Audacity of Hope write by Barack Obama. This book was released on 2006-10-17. The Audacity of Hope available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama’s lucid vision of America’s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate “In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama’s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.”—Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called “the audacity of hope.” The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama’s call for a different brand of politics—a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces—from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media—that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment. At the heart of this book is Barack Obama’s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats—from terrorism to pandemic—that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy—where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, Obama says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes—“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.”
