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Your face for sale
Pedigree is overrated
Mama, don't let your kids listen to Mark Cuban
Bitcoin and Blockchain: 8 Burning Questions
Your face for sale
If you are like me, you probably get annoyed when you are waiting in the TSA pre-check line and a Clear person gets shuffled in front of you in line. If you are really like me, you also get freaked out by the thought that the Clear person just consented to have their face scanned in order to be part of the Clear service. And now if you are just like me, you say "no thank you" to the face scan that's become standard at TSA. You see, when it comes to sketchy companies in the world, its hard to
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Edwin Marcial
Pedigree is overrated
Pedigree is overrated. I’ve hired over 400 engineers. Some of the best developers I hired…… had a degree in English, History, or Business, or no degree at all … went to a school I never heard of, not MIT, Stanford, or Georgia Tech … came in every possible age, race, and gender. Learn how to identify talent - it doesn’t always come packaged in a pedigreed box.
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Edwin Marcial
Mama, don't let your kids listen to Mark Cuban
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Edwin Marcial
How Close Are We to a Fully Autonomous Car?
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Edwin Marcial
Bitcoin and Blockchain: 8 Burning Questions
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Edwin Marcial
Robinhood shut down buying in GameStop, and no, the markets are NOT rigged
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Edwin Marcial
Payment for Order Flow: How Robinhood sustains its ‘free’ trading app
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Edwin Marcial
Are NFTs the first killer blockchain apps?
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Edwin Marcial
"You're not Microsoft": How To Build A Tech Company
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Edwin Marcial
Are the Merry Men of Reddit good guys or master pyramid schemers?
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Edwin Marcial
11 things to know about the SolarWinds Hack
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Edwin Marcial
Edwin Marcial
Closing the Opportunity Divide
Like many Americans, I am outraged by the unjust killing of George Floyd. If you’re like me, then you’re probably wondering what you can do to help those that are truly vulnerable in this battle?