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She's a Stanford grad, entrepreneur, surfer, model and apparently she has been published in the NYT. She also created this diet, which looks interesting: http://thenaturalfoodsdiet.com/about.php

I had no idea human beings like this existed. I feel inferior.

http://prernagupta.com/

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There are tons of people who have bios like this, especially in San Francisco. You quickly come to realize that most of the people who have done 50 million different "impressive" things in a short period of time are either dilettantes who seek the most recognition for the least work investment, or people who have one or two serious interests, and a strong ability to promote all of their other minor achievements.

(Protip: my vanity meter goes off the scale when the self-promoter is a woman who prominently features her amateur modeling portfolio on a personal website, or intermixes pictures of herself in a bikini in otherwise unrelated content.)

I think the thing to learn here is that noise level for self-promotion is set pretty high. If you think you're bragging too much about an accomplishment...well, you probably aren't. ;-)

Any time someone lists "Microsoft Word" as a skill on their resume (other than a secretary, and then I'd expect a lot more detail) my gut reaction is to assume they're the kind of person who enjoys listing accomplishments no matter how deep or meaningful.

Add to the list those who write: ASP,XML,ORACLE,SAP,Javascript,AWK,GREP,PERL,.Net and few more capitalized abbreviations

In fact beauty is in minimalism. Such as Google which just say C++,Java and Python

That description reminds me of the 4 hour workweek guy to a t.

Dude Seriously, I couldn't agree more! I would be rather be Tim Berners Lee rather than some multidimensional above average being

That is a great diet. I haven't heard of her before, but that's exactly what I eat already, actually. I think it comes naturally to anyone who has an interest in natural foods and is a vegetarian.

So that "diet" website is a little tongue-in-cheek, right?

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