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Re:On Climbing the Stat Arb Leaderboard and Comparative Adva... by epups on Friday January 26, 2024 @04:00AM (#39140320)
One of my biggest fears is that I spend time building things that are useless and have no value for anyone else. I absolutely hate when corp reorgs and other major events redefine priorities and make everyone waste their time into something nonproductive. This person did that for 6 years and "would not have done anything differently".
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Re:On Climbing the Stat Arb Leaderboard and Comparative Adva... by coalteddy on Friday January 26, 2024 @04:19AM (#39140451)
Did you even read the article? He clearly states it was a side project done next to his full time job...
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Re:On Climbing the Stat Arb Leaderboard and Comparative Adva... by epups on Friday January 26, 2024 @08:26AM (#39142353)
Did you?

> And in retrospect, from a purely EV perspective, I do think that this little crypto side quest may have hurt compounding value into my primary occupation

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Re:On Climbing the Stat Arb Leaderboard and Comparative Adva... by dmckinno on Friday January 26, 2024 @11:15PM (#39152500)
Can confirm that this was a side quest, but I believe that the distraction did slow down progression in my real job.
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