Also known as: thedraconian
Here's what I know how to do ) INVESTMENT STRATEGY. I've been investing and analyzing investments as long as I can remember. Stocks, bonds, commodities, gold, hedge funds, quantitative trading systems, private equity, you name it. When I was a kid it was stuff like swapping baseball cards and other collectibles for progressively more valuable versions of the same. In one sense, strategy (and asset valuation) is the only thing my brain really knows how to do. The good news is that the realm of finance has endless opportunities for strategy and an endless need for people who excel at it. ) TECHNOLOGY COMPUTING. The only thing I've been involved with longer than finance is technology. It started with building computers when I was a kid and programming games for my TI- calculator. Then it was writing webpages while minoring in computer programming at UCLA. And eventually it became helping investment firms develop and refine algorithmic trading research systems while also building custom CRM databases in Access. There's not much else in life I enjoy more than solving problems, so technology and I have always gotten along spectacularly well. ) PUBLISHING. Somewhere along the line I started writing. Wow. Talk about a life-changer. Not only has it helped the firms I've worked with protect and grow their profitability, it proved invaluable in helping start up a few new businesses. As icing on the cake, it brought me an unrivaled sense of personal satisfaction. Seriously. I write words a week for newsletter that doesn't earn a dime and no professional endeavor has ever made me happier. Whether it's an esoteric economic concept or the value proposition that a start-up can bring to the marketplace, written communication is a difficult thing for most, but I get excited by any challenge that can make use of that skill set.
