How I approach my core work

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My core work is independent research in software — here is the how and the why.

E arly in my career, I found myself at cocktail parties celebrating various business communities strangely often. These events were usually three to four hours of small talk. Business small talk. The conversations were dull and repetitive, and event wine only helps so much. Over time, I found myself naturally gravitating to far more interesting conversations with anyone in the room who wasn't there because of the business community: The server in New York City who was working up the money to book studio time to record his first album, or the significant other who has spent her entire career re

How I approach my core work

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