where do u have (or can build) competitive advantage?

 

synergy with environment

career path that surrounds yourself with right people

 

channel raw energy

natural inclination to do the work

 

hustle

everyday, make it a little better

get invested

 

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3) hbase prototype? mr on top? hive?

4) dive into hive - MR

 

is the problem engaging enough to unlock your best talent?

do your best - energy

 

*communication tech

*self-organizing tech - but non-meta first

organize bookmarks

blog w structural context

 

find a direction where you can pump out a lot of stuff and make connections

what cleaning up of structure and information and interaction to people actually want and need?

 

facilitate lightweight interaction

 

poker: a fast vector for results and learning; find your groove

build your body of work: reps

 

where can i get a high-quality stream of hadoop-related news?

 

a tool to post and organize bookmarks: a better delicious

-give self some raw material to work with

 

post s3 data analyses online and blog

 

see what generates interest

-volume of attempts targeting volume of audience - see what sticks

 

post s3 data

 

recent books read

 

build trust

 

goal: build popular social software

-read a lot on state of the art, see if you're interested

-get good at building software fast

 

if you are prolific, you can make up for lack of official affiliation

 

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A) hadoop-aws-reps

a community centered around hadoop or aws or data analysis

-read, use, tips, opensurce

B) hadoop meetup, aws

 

c) fall - get good subs

- get in shape

what do you find fun?

what do others find interesting?

winter - get out raw material, reference, body of work to iterate on

- try to do stuff that people want

 

d) winter break - get momentum on bubbleup

 

do a ridapp - an app based (loosely) on reference and inspired by play

be prolific to find the holes

reflect every once in a while, but grounded in action

 

f) people-centric career

michael wolfe

y combinator

 

 

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find where i naturally produce

interoperability - big challenge

 

python as art

 

find your city - visit cambridge, mit

 

volume

github?

 

team player

do what you're good at

clean up messy files

engaging subject mathematically

 

modularity for cross-pollination

 

invoke hadoop from within python

common crawl - s3

 

ask for favor to start cycle

 

feedback loop with prolific feedback