Living in Taipei, Taiwan. Rewiring my brain with new experience and thoughts. Market timing. (Yea, I know it’s not good.) Working as a localization project manager in the daytime. <!-- date: 2024-04-05 - Living in Taipei, Taiwan. - Rewiring my brain with new experience and thoughts. - Working... [Read More]


The annual financial statement announcements for TWSE and TPEx companies were due 1 April. Here is a bubble chart displaying the gross profit ($x$), net profit ($y$) and revenue ($z$, size) of the 1,800+ listed profitable companies. Logarithmic axes offer a deeper dive into the details. ... [Read More]


The epiphany I had in my career in randomness came when I understood that I was not intelligent enough, nor strong enough, to even try to fight my emotions. Besides, I believe that I need my emotions to formulate my ideas and get the energy to execute them.... [Read More]


In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine. – Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor How does the equity volatility of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) impact your return on investment on it? Let’s figure it out with Python.... [Read More]


“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where …” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the... [Read More]


Here is my note for “Mind the Gap” by Paul Graham. Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another. – Milton Friedman, Free to Choose For most... [Read More]


Here is my note for “4 Strategies To Find The Work Only You Can Do (And Why It’s More Profitable Than Ever)” by Taylor Pearson. The work only you can do There are stages of a career: getting competent, getting good, getting paid well, and most people stop... [Read More]


Here is my note for “HOWTO: Be more productive” by Aaron Swartz. Spend time efficiently Choose good problems Life is short (or so I’m told) so why waste it doing something dumb? It’s easy to start working on something because it’s convenient, but you should always... [Read More]


Here is my note for “Managing Oneself” by Peter F. Drucker. People want to be living in their dream jobs that lead to life fulfillment. To help you to land your dream job, we can reframe it as a SMART goal and the question in most cases should... [Read More]


There are two things that Simon Sinek thinks that great leaders need to have: empathy and perspective. Empathy Empathy is listening and trying to understand someone’s point of view and disposition. The real job of a leader is not about being in... [Read More]


I first noticed and immediately got caught by the song Catch &amp; Release by Matt Simons which is number two in Billboard’s France Songs yesterday. Yeah, a huge delay that over a year after it is released. Although it became a hit in Europe, this song seems not... [Read More]