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Comment on The Functional Idiot by What were they thinking? | Evil Fish

What were they thinking? | Evil Fish — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:04:55 +0000

[...] like a character in a Dilbert cartoon. Why would a very senior, smart executive, who is Not a functional idiot make an obviously senseless [...]

Comment on The Functional Idiot by Tal

Tal — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:05:16 +0000

‘Let’s call him Prisoner X’

Comment on Interesting News in Biology and Healthcare by Israel as a BioInformatics Super Power – Part One « Evil Fish

Israel as a BioInformatics Super Power – Part One « Evil Fish — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:03:17 +0000

[...] for Israel , and some Israeli brains like to waste their time on SEO and gambling I think the Bio-Informatics industry is going to be huge , but the dominant players are still not [...]

Comment on Why Great Software Developers Should not do Porn and AlgoTrading by Israel as a BioInformatics Super Power – Part One « Evil Fish

Israel as a BioInformatics Super Power – Part One « Evil Fish — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:03:14 +0000

[...] Data Science is a great area for Israel , and some Israeli brains like to waste their time on SEO and gambling I think the Bio-Informatics industry is going to be huge , but the dominant players are still not [...]

Comment on Could Israel Lead The Data Science Revolution? by Israel as a BioInformatics Super Power – Part One « Evil Fish

Israel as a BioInformatics Super Power – Part One « Evil Fish — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:03:11 +0000

[...] Data Science is a great area for Israel , and some Israeli brains like to waste their time on SEO and gambling I think [...]

Comment on An Apple Real Smart TV – Next Week? by Samsung SmartTV – Building the Hope for Apple’s TV « Evil Fish

Samsung SmartTV – Building the Hope for Apple’s TV « Evil Fish — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:53:09 +0000

[...] a new Samsung 46″ LED SmartTV and I’m very happy.Still waiting for the real smart Apple TV, [...]

Comment on Why Great Software Developers Should not do Porn and AlgoTrading by Could Israel Lead The Data Science Revolution? « Evil Fish

Could Israel Lead The Data Science Revolution? « Evil Fish — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:18:13 +0000

[...] 50% reduced cost compared to US – for various historical reasons the PHDMasters title is not as economical as in the states. An amazing Java developer with no degree at all would probably earn twice as much as an amazing chemistry POST-Doc from Harvard. While this is a shame, it presents an opportunity for Data Science service out of Israel. Moreover, there are less hedge-funds to waste people talent [...]

Comment on Are Public Companies Owned by the Public? by ophirk

ophirk — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:46:03 +0000

Yes, I was offering a more direct democratic model for public companies
I’m not so worried about “corruption” per-se ,but more on missed economic opportunities and conflict of interest between the executives & the public that holds the majority of shares.
Capitalism s great, but it assumes a market in which information is completely available for everyone and feedback is immediate. My idea is to move forward in this respect.

The employee stock options are not helping much.
* In non hi-tech (e.g. Teva, Walmart) employees do not get any stock
* In public companies the stock for 95% of employee is not that main source of income as it is too small ( or moved to RSU’s anyway )
* The stock is not even a good way to motivate executives, because if the stock is not doing well, they just get more of them

Comment on Are Public Companies Owned by the Public? by Uri Gilad

Uri Gilad — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:43:59 +0000

Great article, really thought (and comment!) provoking.

Did you just offer democratic style elections for public companies?

May I share a couple of organizations controlled by democratic elections? : 1. The state of Israel. 2. The United States.

The two points of light in this capitalist system, for me, are:
1. Failing companies will die or improve/evolve, example range from Kodak (dying), HP, etc to apple (remember when they booted out Steve jobs, and how he came back) and IBM (another miraculous recovery in the late 90′s)

2. These companies are ruled by the SEC(and its equivalents) corruption happens, but it is relatively rare (compare the # of scandals to the # of traded companies).

At the end of the day, one of the key things you forgot to mention is that these companies depend on employees, who get stock as an incentive, and the good ones will leave if the stock is crappy. I have an example we are both familiar with.

Comment on Software Development Team Optimal Size by ophirk

ophirk — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:54:55 +0000

Personal experience. I wish HR would treat it more as a science. I have started many teams, and most grow to 5-7 people. However, per tem , they are less productive. , IMO. When one think in a larger unit , lets say 16, in most cases people choose 3*5 instead of 4*4 for the lack of good team leaders.