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Answer: I'm not sure if it's what you're after, but one interesting thing, at...   Your Quora Digest Top Stories from Your Feed   What are some interesting facts about working at Google? 141 Paul Cowan, Google SRE I'm not sure if it's what you're after, but one interesting thing, at least, about working at Google is that there's an occupational hazard you don't have to deal with at a... Read More » How many new Google employees make mistakes when they first start? 301 Jeff Nelson, Invented Chromebook, Former Googler A solid half of new hires make the mistake of over optimism. New hires have this incredibly high morale. I know Google is famous, it's your first job, and you are getting... Read More » In medical practice people say not to get attached to patients, but is this really the best way of practicing medicine? 239 Lou Davis, Emergency Nurse, Clinical Nurse Educator Last week, I had to sit and tell someone that his wife had died. Unexpectedly, suddenly. I sat and waited whilst he gathered his thoughts. I shared with him the last momen... Read More » What are the most awesome psychological facts? 2.0k Dan Holliday, Please pull around to the second window. We fall in love with someone because of how they make us feel about ourselves. Love is selfish like that. It's why we keep going back to those who once used to make us fe... Read More » Is it true that the biggest index fund company in the world, Vanguard, almost didn't launch Index Funds when it was still a startup? Why? 232 Burton Malkiel, author of "A Random Walk Down Wall St... (Image Source: The Economist, 2014) When I first wrote my book “A Random Walk Down Wall Street" in 1973 I recommended that people would be better off investing in index fu... Read More » What's the dark side of Silicon Valley? 2.7k Chris Schrader, I live here It is amazingly difficult to start/have a family if you make "normal" salaries here (you know, only in the $100k range). The amount of wealth in the area has driven up home...  Read More » How can I become a world-class coder in under three years? 56 Dima Korolev, not boring Contrary to how people seem to be answering, I do think this is possible. And know several people who have pretty much done this. The keys are discipline and persistence. ... Read More » What are the most important lessons you've learned in your twenties? 786 Wonwhee Kim, survivor of that decade When I turned 31 not too long ago, I turned weirdly introspective and wrote down a few things for myself. Maybe it's just about the passage of another decade, because I re... Read More » What is the proof that all the angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees? 128 Peter Orszag, PhD, Economist, Bloomberg Columnist Put a straight line (an angle of 180°) against any corner of any triangle parallel to the opposite line. You'll see that the other two angles created against the straight ... Read More » How much improvisation was done by the cast in Neighbors? 66 Nicholas Stoller, Director/Screenwriter, Neighbors A fair amount of improv was used in this film. I always do about 20-30% improv and 60-70% scripted. I also yell out a lot of jokes that I think of and that the writers thin... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed       This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is your best source for knowledge. Unsubscribe from this email.