Sorry that was meant for mike :/ On Jan 9, 2012 7:24 PM, "Alan Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey you work at bloomberg currently? > On Jan 9, 2012 9:00 AM, "Michael Muller" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Paul Chauvet wrote: >> > There's one person who should have come to your meeting - he might be >> > looking for projects to get into soon! >> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440126 - New York Mayor Michael >> > Bloomberg takes coding course. >> >> I'm actually surprised to hear this because I always assumed that he had >> at >> least minimal coding skills. >> >> For anyone who doesn't know, Mike is the founder of Bloomber LP, a very >> successful finacial information company (and my employer for two years). >> His >> hands-on inolvement in the original technology of the Bloomberg Terminal >> was >> very much a part of the cultural history of the company, but apparently >> he was >> more hardware oriented. His tech skills are also probably fairly dated. >> I >> was told he once said something like "there are people who know more about >> technology than me, and people who know more about finance, but no one >> knows >> more about both." >> >> More on his story at >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/28/founder-stories-how-michael-bloomberg-got-his-start-i-brought-you-a-cup-of-coffee/ >> >> > >> > Jokes aside, I think its a good thing when people who are not who are >> > normally considered 'computer people' get into things like this. More so >> > for high profile people. >> > >> >> >> >> ============================================================================= >> michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> "We are not safe," said Ariel Cohen, a counterterrorism expert with the >> Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. "Our commuter transit >> systems do >> not have metal detectors, bag searches, random body searches. Our level of >> vigilance is nowhere near that of Israel, and Israeli buses have been hit >> again and again." --> Good idea! Let's do what doesn't work for Israel!! >> >> ============================================================================= >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >> Feb 1 - Home Networking Made Simple with Amahi Home Server >> Mar 7 - March 2012 Meeting - 9th Annivesary of MHVLUG >> Apr 4 - April 2012 Meeting >> >
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