07.26.08
Posted in Foo at 12:15 pm by bryan
That’s right. I have been for awhile. Since about May 16th, my last day at iFLOOR.
But those days are now over. I decided that jobs weren’t only for suckers after all. Starting (I think) next Wednesday, I will be working for Microsoft, as a contractor.
Have you ever heard of
Live.com? No? Well you have now (so I’ve done my job)! It’s a search engine, and I’m going to be helping advertising clients spend their money more effectively.
I know what you’re thinking: “Bryan, haven’t you already been there, done that?” Sort of, but this time I’ll be helping out a bunch of different companies. It’ll be fun– how many more companies will get to benefit from my brilliance now? (Hey! I never said I was humble.)
Anyway, good times. I’m excited.
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07.08.08
Posted in School at 12:56 am by bryan
Who are you, and why do you care? You’re me (because I get no other traffic), and you don’t care for that reason. Just had to clarify that point before going any further.
Yeah, I just did a bunch of
quadratic equations, and I’m feeling pretty proud of myself. Sure, it’s a review of Algebra 2, Trigonometry, and College Algebra back in high school, but I was foolish and slept through much of the two latter. As for Algebra 2, I was afflicted with memorization of techniques for solving problems, without
really understanding.
Luckily, I now have a
pretty good professor who has clarified things. The crazy thing is that whenever I start thinking about the real world applications of this type of math, there’s too many to count.
One thing very applicable to my past life at
iFLOOR was curve fitting– taking observed data and fitting it to a curve. (Example: price point, units sold, revenue) If you graph the data, it will create a parabola (aka: bell curve). But here’s the cool part: You can take the equation for that bell curve and use it as a pricing model in order to price for maximum profit.
And I always figured that “pricing model” was just a buzzword…
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