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It does exist but it is smaller than 350k in the post.

He might be not bad at managing money but almost everyone who starts earning more starts spending more. This is not bad money management, this is human nature.

Another effect is cost-of-living changes when moving from college town to real life. If a graduate earns 100k, it is probably not in a low-cost area. Taxes on this income are also higher than on a PhD income.

Opportunity cost is tricky. For a hypothetical masters graduate who is already working you have to factor increased spending (which definitely increases with income), probably much higher rent and other "advantages" of adult life. He might not even live more comfortably than a PhD student if he is in a place like NYC/SF and probably will not save much money.

Technically, you can get EB-1 or EB-2 without having an H-1B. In practice, it is much more common to go H-1B -> EB-2. EB-1 is probably doable for CS PhD but still very uncommon.

Oh how scary: kids walking or taking subway to school! WTF is scary about this? NYC is the safest big city in US. And who is "Mr Softie"?

Whether IQ exists or not, students definitely self-select for their mathematical aptitude when choosing the "scientific" track.

Also you said there is a minimal math grades cutoff. Math grades have high correlation with IQ test results.

I do not want to discuss race/national IQ differences, this is a sensitive topic and does not really belong here. I am quite sure individual IQ differences are not controversial though and cannot be "dwarfed" by good educational processes.

The French textbook looks reasonably rigorous but as you say it is intended for "scientific" students. Thats basically what I was talking about in my post - you need to select for gifted students before moving on to complex math (not that derivatives are particularly hard if you do not have to prove theorems). In US I believe differential calculus belongs to AP Calculus high school classes. No idea about their level but content on the internet looks similar, maybe less rigorous.

I will present a somewhat controversial point of view here. The problem with math education lies as much with teachers as it does with students.

If you have students that cannot understand basic formulas and memorize them, you are not going to teach them abstract concepts. Concrete math is much easier than abstract math for the vast majority of people. I cannot really believe the stories about people who are supposedly talented at math but are not engaged enough by the school curriculum and consequently fail at the tests. School level math is very easy for anyone with some aptitude for math. Anyone who fails it will probably have even greater difficulties with abstract concepts behind it.

That gifted students are not stimulated enough is the real problem. Math classes for gifted children is probably the only solution. Something like Stuyvesant High in New York City but on a wider scale.

As for better math education in Singapore and Taiwan, well, they do have better students than most US public schools. Both genetics and culture play a role here. Asian people have both higher average IQs and higher average conscientiousness. Their teachers are able to teach math at a higher level. US could surely learn from them, but not every school could use their techniques.

It is interesting to note that they require salary history to determine new employee's level which people on HN tend to not like.

If you know the right people it can be that easy, I agree. However for someone with no experience and no connections in the industry this would be hard.

Try to find a company full of like-minded people (maybe math/physics PhDs) and a job that is actually interesting to you. There will be no "overqualified" questions if interviewers understand you and your motivations well and you are enthusiastic about the job.

Experience is the best way to prove it though. If you have done well in a similar job no one will usually question your motivation.

You are exaggerating, OP has almost no experience in software development. And it is never that easy to get a job even if you are good. Nowadays it is more like 2-3 phone interviews, then a whole day series of face-to-face interviews, then HR interview if you are lucky. All of this takes up LOTS of time.

You should also think of how your attitude might change when you have professionally programmed for several years. It is of course good to like programming. But doing real projects that have users other than yourself is very different from just programming for fun. This is the kind of experience everyone is looking for: finishing real projects.

Also, many software companies will see you as overqualified for what they are doing. For example they might assume you will easily get bored.

Quant finance is very hard to get into at the moment.

This is because most online fraudsters over the world target US companies and individuals.

Great site! I have just discovered it from the post.

One thing I immediately noticed: If you are looking for 2br apartments, you will get a lot of results that are not actually 2br, but 1br that could possibly be converted into 2br. They are not yet converted, the renter has to do all the work himself.

Is there a way to filter out such listings? They usually mention it in the listing description. Maybe a fine-grained selection of apartment types would help: studio, junior 1br, 1br, "1br big enough to convert", 1br converted, 2br, etc.

HopStop is much better IMHO. It can show real maps for one thing, and supports multiple transit agencies.

I like this link: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/us-ra...

NYC costs are very high, they should be more in line with London at least.

I am sure most people in New York do it too (read a book, play games, not worry about pickpockets). Most New York trains are not really crowded at rush hour, with the exception of Lexington avenue line.

I believe it is not safe to bike there. There are also probably some areas that are dangerous/unpleasant to walk through.

Moscow has a good public transportation system though. Lol @ tube never getting stuck.

I believe the trains are still very crowded at rush hour. People get used to that because driving is not an option and it is socially acceptable for everyone to take the subway.

Good public transportation by itself is not enough. Driving a car is still a "high status" marker in most of the world, especially in developing countries. People need to show off, the world is not all populated by Japanese.

For example, Moscow has a decent public transportation system, but is also famous for its traffic jams. There are people who prefer 1.5 hour one way commute in a car to 40 minute commute by metro. There are lots of complaints about public transportation, but I don't believe it is the main reason. Trains are also crowded in Tokyo (there is a popular video on YouTube where station workers push commuters onto the train).

It is also the norm in US.

HFT happens on millisecond scale. That is what they mean by "short term" now.

If you are going to hold a stock for weeks it will probably not affect you at all. Even if your holding period is several hours you are not really competing with HFT.

I agree that this article is better than average.

>'Data science' may be a new term, but it describes something companies have been doing for decades.

This is not what most articles say. They actually try to frame it as something "new and sexy".

I remember reading at least 10 articles with nearly the same content during the year. Why are authors so eager to convince everyone of big data's sexiness? Results should speak for themselves. So far Linkedin's Friend Suggest is one of the biggest success stories.

But it does run through one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

See Manhattan Community Board 8 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_densely_popula...

There is no comparison of labor costs in the article. I suspect a union worker in New York City makes more money than most European government employees.

I highly doubt that an ordinary recruiter will do a better job of screening resumes than a hiring manager / member of a hiring group. It is entirely possible for someone in your team to spend 1 hour a day screening resumes and you will have a decent short list of candidates by the end of 1 week.

For big companies, in-house recruiters do the same.

Skipping the above process is clearly worth something! Though two months is too much, even in Manhattan.