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There has been some questions about not programming on your spare time, but they all concern when you're at work. What about when you're studying? Do you also need to learn on your spare time when you're already learning during the daytime (at uni)?
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If you're taking programming classes and programming regularly, there is no need to force yourself to do it in your off time. If you want to, that's good, but if you force it, you can build up a serious aversion to it, and that can hurt more in the long run.
College is stressful enough. Concentrate on your classes and your job (if you're working as well), and use what tiny fraction of spare time you have left to have fun.
I dont think that you NEED to study in your spare time, but i really think that you Should. While at the uni, its the moment to incorporate lots of new stuff so it wuold really help to see whats outside and what people are using in order to create a more panoramic view of reality.
I have seen CS students that never configured an Apache Server or a php.ini file, or does not know when is best to use Ruby or Python. So, the more experience you have, the easier it will be for you to apply the theory into day to day practice.
Some of us literally do not have the time to program in our "spare time". I'm on a full courseload with a 25hr/week per week job and a daily commute of about two hours. I don't party, I don't have a girlfriend or even a friend for that matter with whom I can hang out. I don't watch much tv except The Office and The Vampire Diaries. I haven't had a single full day off in about about oh 5 weeks now. After school, work, homework, commute and some casual web surfing I'm lucky if I get 6 hrs of sleep a night. So all the smartass comments implying a lack of passion, understand that there is a large number of students who have busy schedules and don't goof doing nothing at the end of the school day.
I'm not going to say that it's a bad thing if you don't, because the amount of spare time you have depends on your workload, and I don't know how much programming you do for classes already. However, if you don't have projects you work on when you do have more time (like summer vacation) then I'd wonder if you really liked to program.
There is no question, that the more time you spend refining your skill as a programmer the better you will be out of the gate once you graduate. However, with that being said... You have a lifetime ahead of you, staring at monitors, hunched over your keyboard...
Enjoy your time in school. Once you get out, life begins...
I had a hobby development project (voice chat) in my spare time in which I learned a ton, like Visual Studio development, lots of C++/C#, and just general stuff I would not have learned otherwise, and it was the merit that actually got me a job. I do suggest atleast in your last year just to try something out, like a hobby game or application.
Imho learn a good, industry-standard language and IDE like C++ in Visual studio or Java in Eclipse/Netbeans while doing a hobby project. Honestly I have no idea about Apache, php, ruby or python and in my humble opinion it's not core CS knowledge but of course it depends on what you want to do afterwards.
If you are a student and you dont have dozens of ideas that you just cant wait to tinker with in your own spare time, then maybe you're in the wrong major.
In my experience, programming in your spare time tends to be extremely indicative in one direction, but not as much in the other (both at uni and later at work).
What I mean is this: I've worked with a few very talented "rockstar" programmers over the years, and they ran the gamut from literally only ever touching computers on the job - right through to the ubergeeks who had their own startup going afterhours, and/or spent every waking moment on personal projects and OSS.
This is the thing: those who DO program in their spare time are almost guaranteed to be at least decent programmers. Of course, you have to watch out for script kiddies who are just doing easy stuff over and over. But if you can confirm that they're doing reasonably serious projects in their spare time - it's very likely that they're fairly good, if not "rockstar" category. So in this direction, it's a relatively safe bet.
The other way, it's not so much. For some reason, there are some really epic rockstars out there who still somehow treat programming as just a job. They might put in long hours, and/or keep up with technology by reading, researching, and evaluating the latest technology at lunchtime or after 5pm before going home - but they still basically don't do programming outside the job. I'd say around 25 to 50% of the "rockstars" I've met are like this. And every time it happened it chipped away this myth that programmers have to be "into it 24/7" further and further.
So what does this mean for uni? - I'd say it depends on how harcore your program (as in study program) is and how much programming you're already doing (assignments, etc). Like others have said, you don't want to force yourself to do too much, because it can lead to burnout. But it definitely helps to be "into it" - and to want to experiment and learn the material very well. If you find that your interest in programming only goes as far as learning enough to pass your courses, then that's a bad sign.
Of course!
It's hard when you're studying at university because you're already likely trying to juggle your study, a job and a social life but there should never be a time when you say, "I've done enough today." You can never have enough practice.
That's not to say that you should never relax and take some time off, watch some TV or just go to bed early. But there's no reason to say don't bother practicing on your own time.
It should require a certain amount of effort to push the keyboard away and read a chapter on history if you plan on doing this for a greater part of the rest of your life. If you're in the middle of a large programming project, the history book may be a nice break.
I would say it depends on where you are in your program. If you didn't start your program already knowing how to code, then in the beginning you get introduced to a lot of new concepts and the classwork is pretty interesting and challenging. At that point, you may not have put the ideas you've learned together into a project idea. And of course, you have other classes. I would say that if you are in your third or fourth year and you don't have some kind of a side project that might be a problem.
Do you need to? No. But there are plenty of benefits if you do. The more practice you get now the better. I feel it's easier to experiment and learn new things when your paycheck doesn't depend on it.
Also, university provides a very diverse group of peers from which to learn and absorb ideas. Spend time in the labs after hours. Work on some group projects just for fun. It's amazing how much faster you can pick things up when you open your mind to the differing methods and ideas of other students. Professors tend to focus on theory. Your peers will be all about pushing it past the theory and testing the boundaries.
It depends on what you want out of life.
If you want to me the next (insert name of programming celebrity here), then that you don't feel compelled to spend every waking hour (and chew away some of your sleeping hours) coding probably isn't a good sign.
If you want to make a good enough living doing software development that you can support a family and enjoy some other aspects of life, then I'm not sure it's such a bad thing.
Now, you have to realize that the people on this board will skew toward those with a passion for programmers, and they want to work with people who share that passion, and thus will be inclined to say everyone should do the same.


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In 2006, it is expected that just under 1.4 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and over one-half million people will die from the disease. Cancer is the second leading cause of death for both white Americans and African-Americans, but if you take a closer look, things are not quite so equal. Researchers are finding significant disparities in rates of diagnosis and death. For instance, although African-American women are less likely to develop breast cancer than are white women, they are actually more likely to die from it. Similarly, twice as many African-American men die from prostate cancer than do white men. Other minority groups are not spared these statistics; for example, Hispanic women are more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer. While American Indian and Alaskan Natives experience some of the lowest rates of cancer among all groups, they do experience higher death and incidence rates for certain cancers.
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: Dr. Hughes, thank you for taking time to talk with us today. I have been reading that African-Americans, by some estimates, have a 10% higher incidence of cancer diagnoses than other races. This is a considerable increase, and yet I don't hear much about this in the popular media. Is this estimate too high, or is this problem not getting the attention it should?
Dr. Hughes- Halbert: Overall, the rates of cancer incidence (number of cases) and mortality (number of deaths) are higher among African-Americans. For example, the American Cancer Society estimates that the incidence of cancer is about 20% higher in African-American men relative to white men. In terms of deaths, death rates for all forms of cancer are highest among African-Americans. I think it is important to note, however, that while the cancer incidence and death rates continue to be higher among African-Americans compared to individuals from other ethnic and racial groups, the overall five-year cancer survival rate (percent of patients alive 5 years after their diagnoses) has improved in this population, from about 27% during 1960-1963 to 55% in 1995-2001.
: Minorities are less likely to receive cancer screening and are more often diagnosed at a later stage in the disease. Is this disparity fully explained by a lack of access to healthcare?
Dr. Hughes- Halbert: There are a number of factors that contribute to disparities in cancer [care]. Lack of access to healthcare plays a large role [in determining] the stage of disease at diagnosis. Screening can detect cancer in earlier stages, when treatment is most likely to be successful, yet patients without healthcare access are unlikely to undergo screening. However, other factors may contribute to [under]-utilization of cancer screening, and ultimately [to the] stage of disease at diagnosis. These factors may include the presence of other health problems and lower quality healthcare. I think it is important to realize that access to care is really an extremely complex set of interrelated factors that can be influenced by someone's beliefs and values about healthcare, in addition to physician recommendations, adequate insurance coverage to pay for screening tests, and sufficient access to facilities where screening tests are performed.
: African-Americans, in particular, are more likely to die from their cancer diagnosis, leading researchers to believe that their cancers are somehow different. Does this mean a prostate cancer in an African-American man is biologically different than in a white man? And does this mean it should be treated differently?
Dr. Hughes- Halbert: At the most basic level, cancer is defined as an "excessive growth and spread of abnormal cells" (American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans, 2006, p. 2). Differences in tumors between African-Americans and whites have been identified for some types of cancer, and these differences may have implications for treatment. For example, studies have shown that African-American women are more likely than white women to be diagnosed with estrogen receptor-negative breast tumors. However, more research needs to be done in this area [in order] to understand these differences and what they may mean for treatment. One project in the Penn Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, led by Timothy Rebbeck, Ph.D., is designed to understand racial differences in prostate cancer by characterizing the natural history of prostate cancer among African-American and white men and by identifying genetic factors that may explain racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes.
: Can clinical trials help find the answers to these questions?
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: What efforts are going on in the research and public health communities to address these disparities?
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The rest of the article has info on what the colors do and how to change them (the letters you assign to LSCOLORS is what controls what colors you see).
As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Terminal allows you to customize the sixteen ANSI colors and also supports the 256-color palette.
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I have a HP Envy 4 1025tx with Hybrid graphics. Although this is a 64bit system, I've installed 32bit Ubuntu on it for some reasons.(Hybrid graphics don't do well with 64bit Ubuntu.-"Some one on some forum")
I had heating problems with the GPU but I've fixed them all with vgaswitcheroo. But now I wanted to use my Blender on my Ubuntu. To my surprise Blender didn't detect the dedicated 7670m card in my machine. I've confirmed with
cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
Both IGD and DIS were up and running. I dont seem to have libopencl on my /usr/lib even though my synaptic manager says that I have installed it. I'm not quite sure what I've installed. It says that I've installed "ocl-icd-libopencl1".
So my question is...
Do I have opencl on my system?
If not do I have to get propreitary ATI drivers for sake of opencl(fglrx wrecks up my unity totally on my system I need directions to fix it if this is the choice)?
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A Wedding Site Fit for Royalty
Posted by admin in Stillwaters Spa, Vacation Packages, Valley Events, Weddings on April 23rd, 2011
Unless you've been hibernating all winter, or living with monks in some Tibetan village (one with no power), you've most likely heard the news of England's Kate Middleton marrying the United Kingdom's heir to the throne, Prince William. I have to admit, I will certainly be tuned in on April 29 along with an estimated 2 billion other obsessed royal watchers. I actually prefer to think of us as shameless romantics. After all, I was one of the 750 million people tuned in when William's mother, Princess Diana, married Prince Charles back in July 1981. Wow – almost 30 years ago. No wonder we're more than ready for another royal event!
While we may not necessarily host royal weddings at Teton Springs Resort, we certainly know how to throw a mean nuptial! First of all, Teton Springs is located in one of the most spectacular places on earth, Teton Valley, Idaho. This resort can certainly accommodate indoor events, but save the cozy Headwaters Grille or the gracious Snake River Room for the winter wedding. With the jaw-dropping scenery in virtually every direction you look, an outdoor summer ceremony at Caddis Lake, the historic Rammel Barn or the Gazebo at Headwaters Park is the only way to go. With the Teton and Big Hole Mountains as your backdrop, who on earth needs Westminster Abbey?!
I've attended the small, intimate wedding at Teton Springs and also the large ceremony where we've shared this natural landscape with 400 plus people. The end result is the same – perfection! The friendly and knowledgeable staff consistently put together a seamless event and pays attention to all details, large and small. Everything needed to create the perfect celebration is available at this four season destination resort including gourmet catering and first class on-site hotel lodging and luxury mountain log homes. Families quickly scoop up these deluxe three, four and five bedroom homes that dot the golf course. They are surprisingly affordable and so top shelf.
Most couples tying the knot at Teton Springs also use this momentous occasion to spend time in the grandeur of this Yellowstone-Teton region. Their families and guests are intuitive enough to follow suit. As a lodging guest at this resort, the term "perfect day' takes on many meanings – enjoying the 25 meter outdoor heated pool and hot tubs, mountain biking and hiking, basketball and tennis courts, fitness center, or reeling in a monster cutthroat in one of the resort's stocked ponds (fly fishing instruction offered too – for all ages!). The full service Stillwaters Spa & Salon is an integral part of this destination resort experience and specializes in massage therapies and body treatments and also offers an entire menu of unique services for the entire wedding party, including the grooms! Lodging guests also enjoy privileges on the resort's private 18 hole & par 3 Byron Nelson designed courses at the Headwaters Golf Club.
And that's just the beginning! Nearby activities include whitewater rafting on the famous Snake River, fly-fishing expeditions, horseback trips into the Tetons, hot air ballooning, wildlife safaris, guided Naturalist hikes, day trips into Yellowstone & Teton National Parks, and mountainside music festivals. It's also easy to get here from anywhere in the USA. Guests flying commercially can arrive in either Jackson Hole or Idaho Falls; it's only a one hour's drive from both airports. So, a word to the wise when planning your wedding at Teton Springs Lodge & Spa – estimate high when gauging how many guests will check off "yes" on the RSVP. After all, it's more than a wedding; it's a trip to paradise.
Say "I Do" in the Tetons. Unlike William and Kate, you may not be a royal, but at Teton Springs you'll certainly be treated like one!
June Fitness Camp
Posted by admin in Stillwaters Spa, Vacation Packages on April 1st, 2011
I've never been one to sign up for a camp, of any kind. As a kid I frustrated my parents year after year with my total lack of interest in summer camps of any nature. I was never even remotely lured by the glossy brochures showing kids clearly having a blast playing in a sparkling lake and eating all the s'mores they could ever want around an evening campfire. It's not that there wasn't virtue in the prospects of meeting new friends, perhaps learning to build my own cabin, or trying to be the next rock star or basketball prodigy. I just wasn't intrigued by the group dynamic thing. I guess it's the same reason why I've never joined a gym or should I say "athletic club," as they're so fashionably called these days.
Well, my mom will finally be happy. I've found a camp that I'm doing cartwheels over and can't wait to sign up for, s'mores or no s'mores. It's the "Just for Women Walking, Running & Fitness Camp" happening this June 2-5 at Teton Springs Lodge & Spa. You don't have to be an athlete to have heard of the camp's host, Lisa Smith-Batchen. Lisa lives in Teton Valley and is one of North America's greatest women's (and men's too) running and fitness instructors to have ever roamed the planet. She's also one of the greatest runners to have ever roamed the planet. I'm also sure given Lisa's super-human racing resume, that she has literally circled the globe many times over the old fashioned way, putting one foot in front of the other.
This camp certainly isn't Lisa's first rodeo, as she has hosted, along with her husband Jay Batchen (also an elite ultra-runner), numerous running and fitness camps in Teton Valley (for kids too!). It's all part of their Dreamchasers Outdoor Adventure Club and while Lisa's accomplishments are too numerous to mention I'm compelled to list a few. You'll also note that some of Lisa's most ambitious goals and proudest achievements are not about being one of the world's premier ultra-runners, or the recognition she continues to receive that continuously drives her; it's more about the humanitarian efforts she has spearheaded on behalf of the world's poor and needy, particularly the children.
A mere "sampling" of Lisa Smith Batchen's professional accomplishments:
- Two 1st place finished in Badwater Ultra marathons (competed in 9)
- First and only American female to win Marathon des Sables Ultra marathons
- 1st person to ever run from Las Vegas to Mt. Whitney
- Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run
- Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race
- Hawaiian Ironman Championships
- Created the Dreamchasers Foundation – Dreamchasers is dedicated to raising funds to help needy women and children around the world to survive and succeed
- "Running Hope Through America" – completed a 2,500 mile run in two months raising money for orphans
Lisa's walk, run and hiking camp will be beneficial, fun, inspirational, and just overall terrific for beginners to advanced runners of all ages. Participants will be partnered with women of the same ability so interested gals out there shouldn't be intimidated in any way; this isn't your hard-core run to the top of the Grand Tetons kind of camp (Lisa does offer those too!). Lisa's guest coaches include Barbra Metz Lindquist, also a valley resident, and a former Olympic Triathlete (Athens, Greece 2003 games) and Doctor Annie Fenn, a Jackson Hole, Wyoming Women's Health Practitioner for over 20 years. I know all of these women personally, and frankly, you couldn't ask for a more dynamic team to lead this fitness charge.
The other huge benefit to this camp is you'll get to spend three nights in the deluxe Teton Springs Lodge & Spa and all the amenities of this year-round resort environment.
After your yoga class, hike and fitness sessions with Lisa, head into the Stillwaters Spa & Salon for that well-deserved sports massage or take a dip in the pool or a soak in the hot tub. It's all here for the taking.
So, start this summer off with a fitness bang! For a complete run down on the second annual "Just for Women Walking, Running & Fitness Camp" and a chance to hike, bike and run on the most gorgeous trails in the northern Rockies. Visit Dreamchaserevents or book your package with the nice folks at Teton Springs Lodge & Spa.
Hey, after this camp, you may just join that gym!
Spring Break Surfing the Perfect Wave
Posted by admin in Holiday Happenings, Stillwaters Spa, Teton Valley Cabins, Vacation Packages on February 19th, 2011
I could never understand why people flocked to warm weather destinations over Spring Break. What's so terrific about dipping your toes in the warm ocean, sipping umbrella-topped drinks by the pool and constant worry about that dreaded sunburn? Well, I guess if I really stretch my imagination I can fathom it at some level, at least deep in my sub-conscious. Particularly this winter. Unless you've been hibernating like Yogi the Bear the past few months, you know that very few Americans have escaped the wrath of Mother Nature. Even those safely nestled in the Deep South have experienced the shock and awe that come with finding yourself in a full-on blizzard. These guys don't know what a snow plow is; have never owned a shovel and the only snowman their kids have ever known was named "Frosty." The news was constantly filled with tragic tales of cars sliding off highways and people unable to reach their workplace for days.
While I could empathize with the angst many were feeling with every new major storm alert, these tales of blizzards sounded heavenly! It's all in your perspective. We live in snow country here in the Yellowstone-Teton region. Our panic-button-pushing time comes when days pass without a winter storm or at least the promise of one. When Spring Break time arrives we are gloriously surfing a different kind of wave, the Teton Reef. As I speak, we're in the throes of another amazing storm front trashing up against the Teton Mountains. While storms like this bring other regions to their knees, well, we're simply reveling in the knee-deep powder.
For my money, March, and even well into April, is the best time to visit Teton Valley. Statistically, lots of new snow during this period is continually added to the charts but spring is definitely in the air. Days are longer (perfect for that après ski umbrella drink!), sun is warming (you'll still take on that glorious bronze God/Goddess look, only with different tan lines!) and the sky takes on that cobalt blue hue that is as dramatic as the scenery itself. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, a neighbor to the east has already reached 350" of snow this season and Grand Targhee, our hometown ski area, is mere inches away from hitting that same mark. It appears both resorts will easily top their 500" average snowfall this season (we love it when snowfall records are broken!). So, you can see there's plenty of incentive to spend your much-needed Spring Break at Teton Springs Lodge & Spa this time around.
The fact that this luxury eastern Idaho resort sits perfectly perched between the two Wyoming ski & snowboard giants is only one of many reasons. The value is also there. The nice folks at Teton Springs are filling their 52 room lodge over President's Weekend with their value-packed "buy three nights and your fourth is absolutely free!" and have decided to extend this generous deal over Spring Break as well. It even gets better; the free night applies not just to the lodge rooms but to the one and two bedroom suites and the 3, 4 & 5 bedroom Luxury Mountain Log Homes that border this exquisite property. And whatever you do, visit the Stillwaters Spa at Teton Springs; their treatments and guest service easily rival any spa experience found in a resort destination.
Getting here is easy. Fly into the Jackson Hole or Idaho Falls Airport and Teton Springs is a mere skip, hop or jump (short drive too!) from both. World-class skiing is just one of the many delightful activities that you and your family will enjoy while visiting this extraordinary area.
When you do take that break from surfing the big white waves at Targhee be sure to check out the 5,000 wintering elk still taking up residence at the Nation Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole; you won't see this phenomenon on any silly beach!
Create unique memories at Teton Springs Resort this spring. Visit www.tetonspringslodge.com Call 877.787.8757 or contact us here.


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The Role of Somatic Markers in Trading Decisions
In past posts, I have emphasized the importance of controlling the body's level of arousal as a fundamental trading skill, because so many psychological disruptions of trading are state-dependent. There are cognitive and behavioral methods for achieving such control; these include simple exercises that traders can perform on their own.
There is far more to trading psychology, however, than simply taming emotions. The idea that emotions are the root of trading problems--and that successful traders eliminate their emotions--is one of the great myths in the field. Indeed, research in cognitive neuroscience--particularly the work pioneered by Antonio Damasio--suggests that emotion is absolutely crucial in decision making.
Damasio's seminal contribution in this area of research is his somatic marker hypothesis. An overview of this hypothesis and relevant research is available in this review article. According to that article, the gist of the somatic marker hypothesis is that:
"Structures in ventromedial prefrontal cortex provide the substrate for learning an association between certain classes of complex situation, on the one hand, and the type of bioregulatory state (including emotional state) usually associated with that class of situation in past individual experience. The ventromedial sector holds linkages between the facts that compose a given situation, and the emotion previously paired with it in an individual's contingent experience. The linkages are 'dispositional' in the sense that they do not hold the representation of the facts or of the emotional state explicitly, but hold rather the potential to reactivate an emotion by acting on the appropriate cortical or subcortical structures..."
Let's paraphrase that in plain English! A section of the brain's frontal cortex is responsible for storing and processing associations between situations and the emotions that had been activated by those situations. When we store these associations, we are not storing conscious memories. Instead, we create links between situations and how those situations make us feel. Those linkages are "dispositional", which means that they lead us to act in one way or another.
Here's a simple example: I have many fond memories of spending time in cafes in the U.S. and Europe. If I pass a cafe on the streets of Seattle and smell the aroma of coffee, that perception activates the feeling-states associated with my prior experience. Thanks to those feeling states, I am disposed to enter the cafe and spend some time there. My decision to enter the establishment is not a simple, rational process of toting up pros and cons. Rather, the feeling state mixed with the perception of the cafe--a link embedded in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex--leads to the decision.
So it is with all decisions, Damasio argues. Feelings--from explicit emotions to felt body states--are joined with perceptions to guide our behavior.
The research cited in the review article suggests that, when people experience damage to their ventromedial prefrontal cortex, they are no longer able to make sound decisions. One especially fascinating lines of research involves a risk-taking game that requires decision-making similar to that involved in trading. This "gambling task" involves choosing cards from four decks. Two of the decks have higher payoffs on wins, but also larger penalties for losses, so that the overall returns are negative. Two of the decks have smaller payoffs for wins, but smaller penalties, and an overall positive expectation of gain.
At the start of the gambling task, subjects don't know the odds for the piles. Over time, however, normal subjects learn to prefer the piles with the positive odds for winning. When they are hooked up to biofeedback equipment, they display clear skin conductance responses ahead of making their choices. These stress-related feeling states appear to help guide the choices of piles. Conversely, subjects with damage to their ventromedial prefrontal cortices do not display such anticipatory responses. They lack the feelings that guide good decision-making. As a result, they display a sustained preference for the high-return, high-penalty, negative expectation decks. Without access to their encoded feeling states, they cannot make good decisions under conditions of risk and uncertainty.
Now here's the really interesting part. Normal adults who describe themselves as risk-takers do not have damage to their ventromedial prefrontal cortex regions, but they do display a similar tendency to persistently choose cards from the risky, low-return piles. When connected to biofeedback equipment, the risk-takers *do* display emotional signals prior to making their choices, not unlike the normal subjects. They tend, however, to override those signals with their explicit thought processes. The brain-damaged subjects, on the other hand, never receive the emotional signals from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in the first place.
The implications for trading are significant. The idea that successful traders overcome or eliminate their emotions is completely off-base. If that were to truly happen, the trader would behave like a brain-damaged patient. Rather, it is the overriding of emotional signals and signals from felt bodily experience that facilitates poor decision-making. This overriding can occur because of anxiety, greed, or myriad cognitive rationalizations. The implication, however, is that--at some level--experienced traders receive valuable physical and emotional signals to guide their decision-making. It is the temporary lack of access to these signals that leads traders to behave like the risk-takers in Damasio's experiments.
In a recent post, I emphasized the value of biofeedback in achieving self control. It may well be, however, that the greatest value of such disciplines as meditation, relaxation training, and biofeedback is to help people maintain a clear mind so that they do not override and obscure the somatic markers that are necessary for sound decision making. I strongly suspect that traders would be better served by disciplines that enable them to be accurate observers of their feelings than prescriptions for squelching those feelings. Choice lies at the heart of trading, and if Damasio is correct, our felt experience is a necessary substrate of choice. The somatic markers are there; it's simply a matter of keeping our access open to them, even as we're surrounded by risk, reward, and uncertainty.
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- NO DooDahs said...
Seykota's Trading Tribe, anyone? This sounds very similar to his TTM.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi NO DooDahs,
Yes, there is an interesting overlap here. When I last conversed with Ed Seykota (which was quite a while back via email), he seemed less than smitten with my emphasis upon biofeedback and cognitive neuroscience. Much of what he does comes out of the humanistic tradition of psychotherapy, including Carl Rogers, Fritz Perls, Alvin Mahrer, and Leslie Greenberg. The idea of that approach is to engage in experiential exercises to heighten one's awareness and resolve conflicts and blocks to growth.
My own emphasis is less on such "growth" work and more on skill development via biofeedback and other disciplines. But the two definitely converge on the notion that raw human experience--from explicit emotions to subtle body shifts--contain information that is valuable for decision making. Thanks for the observation.
- F. said...
Yes, I have noticed quite often that when I am intensely concentrated on trading action with an open position, all of a sudden I will get a very bad feeling out of the blue about the current risk:reward and start reducing the position until I feel more comfortable with the exposure. I got the same feeling this morning as NQ made new highs and took off my entire position within 1 point of the top.
It's difficult sometimes to distinguish between the fear of losing paper profits and this emotional tell. It seems that position size tends to increase the likelihood of it being the former.
Being a former quant, it is difficult many times to pull the trigger when I cannot state my reasons for action explicitly.
- AnaTrader said...
Hi Brett
Often we are told that to be a good trader, one must not be emotional.
The implication, however, is that--at some level--experienced traders receive valuable physical and emotional signals to guide their decision-making. It is the temporary lack of access to these signals that leads traders to behave like the risk-takers in Damasio's experiments. - Unquote.
Emotional in this context is, therefore, conducive to good trading.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Clearly, not all emotional reactions are satisfactory guides to action. One of the problems is that, as a whole, people are not very attuned to their emotional lives and have difficulty sorting out their emotional experience. If you think of emotions as having tastes (like food), then the taste of felt knowledge is very different from the taste of worry/fear. Knowing those flavors is essential to sorting out what you can trust and what you can't--
- D TradeIdeas said...
We referenced this great article in our blog today:
"Many pundits tell their audience that emotions in trading adversely affect performance and their P&L. Put a lid on them and remove them entirely they say. Others like Dr. Brett Steenbarger convincingly argue that they are essential to long term, consistent success of a trader. However you decide, we think the real weak link in the Apprentice's Boardroom that gets fired is a trader's opinions. Opinions get a trader in trouble - facts, probabilities, and statistics do not.
Here's my example: Think of the Oscars that are upon us this weekend. Will Scorcese win his FIRST Oscar for The Departed?! Should he have won for Casino? Goodfellas? Your answer, no matter how researched, rational or logical, is your opinion. What you think should happen is irrelevant. Keep those kind of opinions to the movies - not your trading. You'll be richer for it. The kind of tools and thinking to bring to your trading is what the LCS will be all about."
Our bottom line: Tested systems count, opinions don't
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks for the comment, David. It's interesting to see how traders can become wedded to opinions, blinding them to a sensitivity to what's actually happening in the market: A malady I've encountered a few times in my career! Coordinating our explicit knowledge of probabilities with our implicit reading of patterns is a major challenge for traders.
- Dr. Mezmer said...
In 1935, the psychologist and learning theorist Neal Miller conducted the following experiment.
To human subjects he presented in unpredictable order the symbols T (followed by electric shock) and 4 (not followed by shock). The shock was followed by a large galvanic response (GSR) that was soon conditioned not only by seeing the symbol T, but by anticipating it. From this and subsequent experiments Miller concluded that organisms should "behave 'foresightfully' because fear (i.e. anxiety), would be mediated by cues from a distinctive anticipatory goal response." Miller further concluded that the 'learned drive' of fear or anxiety, as marked by the GSR, obeys the same laws as do overt responses".
In other words anticipatory somatic changes mediate not choice, but avoidance, and may be described fully by learning principles.
Compare this experiment to the IGT experiment, where an individual again is confronted with a succession of symbols (in this case, markings on a card), and with unpredictable aversive consequences, in this case large negative card values occurring from time to time. If it assumed that unexpected 'bad information' is painful as well, then both experiments assume equivalence.
The difference however is that Miller assumed that tension based arousal or anxiety mediated avoidance, and Damasio's hypothesis assumed arousal mediated choice. So which one is right, and which one original? Those questions are as of yet, undecided.
Miller, N. E. (1971) Selected Papers, Atherton, Chicago
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- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi AJ,
Great background on the studies and fascinating issues. It certainly makes evolutionary sense for somatic changes to mediate avoidance, but I wonder if there is a difference between the more nuanced, subtle markers that would guide preference and those that would lead to avoidance of aversive stimuli. Thanks for the excellent food for thought--
- Dr. Mezmer said...
Good point.
In modern neurological accounts of incentive motivation, the release of the neuromodulator dopamine, which is felt as positive affect, also acts to somatically mark the goodness and badness of momentary decisions (think of the AHA moment when you have a great idea), but dopamine is measured by the MRI, not the SCR, and has no causal relationship with tension or autonomic arousal. The best source for knowledge on this is the neuropsychologist Kent Berridge's web site, which is a minor education in itself!
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks, AJ, for the excellent observations and the reference to the web site. I look forward to staying in touch--
- a said...
Great piece Dr Brett
I wonder what part corticosteroids play in the part if tripping up the normal pre cortex region mimicking that of the damaged control group?
My understanding is stress releases there hormones and tied in with the emotional lack of insight into these causes that making decisions under this situation seems to relate to thought processes being disrupted- in fact doing actual damage to the brain in those moments when integration with the trader's mind through his emotional sensory receptors and what is really going on on the trading floor opposite others with similar influences as well.
Your feedback controls are brilliant and my guess is they should determine a trading system specialized for that trader's emotional responses to risk instead of trying to adapt him to risk levels beyond his capacity to accept.


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Make some for yourself and for someone you love!
And for another great sewing project using an old sweater, check out this how-to for a cute coffee cozy!
these are really cute, and so easy I might even be able to complete it! thanks for sharing these cute ideas.ReplyDelete
Oh my! These mittens are so super adorable! I love them so much! So great for every age....
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don't remember if i've told you how much i enjoy your blog....always look so forward to each post.....i am also in TN, east tn actually and loving the beautiful snow.....curious....what part of the state are you?
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CUTE! I actually have a bunch of sweaters that need a new life, and three little sets of hands that need some warming up. :)
I'd love it if you would share this over at Parlo and LOGI for F-it Friday! http://www.parloandlogi.com/f-it-friday-anything-goes-link-up-party-7/
These are adorable and don't look that hard to make! I have a new Pinterest Power party and would love to have you share them if you have a chance!
I love a great upcycle which is why I started Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life. I'd love it if you came by and linked this great project at http://ajennuinelife.blogspot.com/2013/01/thrifty-to-nifty-thursdays-3.html.
Those are too darling!!! Perfect for my favorite sweater that I accidentally shrunk last week :/
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When you're buying seeds, they're also called "bunching onions", and I grew up calling them "scallions", although I think that scallion specifically don't have a bulb yet formed, while green/spring onions might.
update : A little research suggests that "spring onion" is the preferred term in the UK, AU and Canada, "green onion" in the US south, and "scallion" in the US northeast, however I'm not sure what the exact boundries are as in the US mid-atlantic, I'll see both "green onions" and "scallions" for sale, with "green onions" being larger (scallions with no bulb, maybe 12"/30cm long, while green onions might have a 2"/5cm bulb, and have over 24"/60cm of green top). It's possible that "green onion" might be a polysemous term that varies by region.
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For the 4 jobs that I have worked at, I dressed formal twice, business casual once and more casual once. How important is the dressing code to programming interviews these days? Will the employer or interviewer not take you seriously if you come in casually: plain shirt and khaki pants with casual walking shoes(non-sneakers)?
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Short answer: Unless stated explicitly otherwise, always formal.
It is not about being taken seriously, it is about interviewee showing respect to the interviewers and taking the job application process seriously.
Clearly, being underdressed is a big risk. If you show up to an interview where they expect you to be wearing a suit and you're wearing jeans and a t-shirt, there is a big chance your interviewers won't take you seriously and be irritated that you don't take their job interview seriously. I personally have never been in such an interview.
On the other hand, despite what some of the other answers here say, there can be serious risks to overdressing too. It is simply not true that there is no harm to just wearing a suit to every interview. I have worked at companies where candidates who wear suits to interviews are presumed to not be a good "culture fit". At these places, if you wear a tie or a suit to a interview, you are assumed to be a "suit"—someone who should perhaps be in sales or finance—or even a moron overdressing to hide your incompetence.
I had a discussion at lunch with some coworkers about interviews and attire.
These places are not mythical or marginal—they are major employers of software engineers like Google, Microsoft, and Apple:
You absolutely MUST do due diligence and find out what level of sartorial formality is expected from interview candidates. This means doing the following in this order and stopping when you get an answer: (1) researching on the company's careers or jobs site for hints—Google, for example, explicitly tells interview candidates "business casual is fine"; (2) asking friends or acquaintances you know who work at the company; and as a last resort (3) ask the HR rep or recruiter who set up the interview. Ask something along the lines of "I've worked in office environments with very different formality levels. How formal would you say it is at your company" or "What do successful candidates tend to wear to interviews?" There is some risk that the interviewer will be turned off that you wouldn't know what to wear to an interview, but I think in most cases you can avoid that kind of situation through prior due diligence; i.e. step (1) or (2).
For what it's worth, my last two jobs have been for startups in Silicon Valley and I wore jeans to my interviews with a button-down shirt and casual loafers.
The answer is always "Dress appropriately for the situation" - different companies will have different cultures and expectations; know them before showing up.
The key is to not let your dress be distracting. You're there to showcase your talents, not compete in a fashion show.
So, if you're interviewing at an "old school company" (banks, financial, insurance, etc.) - it's reasonable that you'll show up dressed in suit and tie, at a smaller software company a suit and tie would be too much.
... and as someone who has interviewed a number of programmers, there is one important rule that I would recommend: wear clothes that fit well. This goes with the advice to not let your dress be distracting - if you show up wearing a suit that fit your body shape 10 years ago, it's going to be distracting. You'll never go wrong in investing in a conservative blazer/sport coat (doesn't have to be 'expensive', just one that fits), a pair of slacks that fit well, etc.
This is for Silicon Valley:
My rule of thumb is to dress nicely enough to show I made an effort, but not so formally as to make my interviewer uncomfortable or make them think I know nothing of the Valley culture. I'm a woman, so that usually boils down to nice dark-wash trouser-cut jeans, a nice shirt, good (clean) low-heeled or flat shoes, and maybe a jacket (but I always wear jackets :) ).
One thing to keep in mind is that you may be asked to contort yourself to write on a very small whiteboard, and there may be a bunch of kneeling and reaching. So if you wear a jacket, be prepared to take it off and make sure it wasn't covering up a hole or stains. If you wear heels, make sure you can stand in them for a while comfortably, and that if you need to think on your feet (literally) you won't be distracted by the howling pain in your compressed little toe. This is also why a knee-length or shorter skirt is usually a bad idea, though I've seen it being pulled off successfully.
I've interviewed a lot of people, too. If someone shows up wearing a suit I'm usually pretty amused, but it doesn't really count against them. OTOH if someone comes in wearing a wrinkled t-shirt and dirty jeans, that's not a good first impression because it broadcasts a lack of caring and professionalism.
Some interviewers will not care, so long as your appearance meets the dress standards that they employ on the workplace.
However, many interviewers will care. It is taken as a sign of respect, and of taking a serious interest in the position if you come dressed formally. Conversely, failure to do so may very well be seen as not taking the position seriously, demonstrating a poor understanding of professional expectations, or even disrespectful.
Why take the chance that the interviewer will be picky? Always dress formally, and you can never go wrong.
If you already know what the dress code of the company is, dress consistently. It doesn't hurt to be slightly smarter.
Otherwise, the employer will take you more seriously if you phone and ask before you turn up.
If you don't ask and you turn up looking smarter than the dress code, I don't think anyone will think less of you. If you turn up looking less smart, they will.
(If this sounds hard, imagine what it's like to be female and often get the response, "Shirt, no tie.")
then wear a suit anyway. or not. and some more characters to meet the minimum.
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You might be able to infer the dress code by who the company's clients are, or the size of the company. The more "corporate" the company is, or the more conservative their clients are, the more formal you need to appear. However, if you are applying at a game company or a small web design company, formal may backfire. It's fair to ask what the culture is like when talking to the recruiter.
As to shoes: only consider sneakers if the company is informal. The rest of the time use something more conservative. The overall impression should be smart, but not overreaching.
It depends on the culture of the company. If you have contacts within the company, you can ask them for advice.
If you're not sure, err on the side of over-dressing. Some companies absolutely do frown upon under-dressing, whereas it's pretty rare for an interviewer at any company to be upset that a candidate is over-dressed.
A suit is generally considered to be the de facto standard business attire, meaning that when going someplace to conduct business, it is always considered appropriate to be worn if you are not already familiar with who you are meeting with. Likewise, on an international basis, nobody should be offended if you show up to an important meeting wearing a suit and in some cases, people will be offended if you do not wear a suit.
An interview is a formal business occasion and as such, a suit would be considered appropriate for the occasion unless you are explicitly told by the folks you are interviewing with that they have a "casual office" or explicitly tell you not to wear a suit.
As a matter of personal practice I generally wear a suit when interviewing and when I was told not too I still wore business casual. However, when I have had to interview candidates I've also extended the same expectations and wore a suit for the occasion myself.
The company I just crossed the one-year mark is technically business casual, which most days means cargo pants and a polo shirt.
When I came in to interview, the HR guy warned me, "We're business casual. If you wear a suit, we will laugh at you."
Point: do what's going to fit in, and you don't have to be a mind reader about that. You can actually ask the HR person you schedule it with, that's not weird.
I always wear a suit and tie to the first interview. While there, I observe what people are wearing and come back to a second interview a little more dressy than what my would-be colleagues are wearing.
This does have its risks, as a suit and tie can be a sign that you won't fit in, but that's almost always forgivable on the first interview, particularly if you sound like you'd fit in, since many people do it. I wouldn't dare dress in suit and tie for a second interview if the developers didn't war a tie - too much chance of giving the impression that I'm more like a sales or marketing guy than a software guy.
I'm sometimes told what would be appropriate attire for the interview, and I follow that advice. You can always ask if you're in doubt.
I'll chime in and say that I got a chance to interview about 20 people over the course of a few years for about 4 positions (web designer stuff), and I'll tell you that for me, anyone who came in with a full suit and tie was eyed suspiciously. It wasn't a deal breaker, but it signaled that the person was maybe ... desperate? Or young perhaps? Hard to put my finger on it, but myself and my coworkers agreed.
And before you assume this was at some wild start-up, the organization I worked for was a local (county) government. But for a tech interview, the full Sunday suit route just made people stand out in a bad way.
It depends on the culture of the place where you're interviewing, so figure that out first.
However, if I know I'm going to a typical software organization, I generally wear clothing that's slightly better than what I normally wear, but not enough to attract the attention of my coworkers at my existing gig. In practice, since I graduated from my mid-20s, even at my normal job I generally wear some sort of machine-washable slacks and a button-down, but fairly casual, collared shirt, or in winter months, a decent sweater. I think this "uniform" is more than adequate in most interview situations.
Unless you show up wearing a white tuxedo, you will almost never have points taken off for being too formal, so why chance it. I would say suit by default, and button up shirt and khakis at an absolute minimum and only if you happen to know that the place is super casual. Always try to out-dress the person interviewing you.
My general rule of thumb is dress as though you were meeting a client....b/c you are. Your product is yourself and your skill set.
Unless they tell you that the interview will be 'causal' go full suit and make sure you look neat and professional. If they do say causal I would even suggest going business causal to the interview.


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