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What steps did you take to "cultivate self-control"?

Dagster (orchestration tool) is complementary to dbt core (open source CLI tool for defining data transformation jobs) but competitive to dbt cloud (SaaS, orchestrates dbt jobs).

On Tuesday, Loyal for Dogs announced that its first-of-its-kind longevity drug received the first of three green lights needed for FDA approval. The decision, made in early November, is essentially a vote of confidence from federal regulators that this drug should actually work to extend dogs' lifespans, based on evidence so far.

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Is there any review(er) in particular you used as inspiration here? Curious if you treat this more as personal notes, or a public-facing review?

Readwise reader is my go-to for articles; just hard to ingest from physical books.

This is a beautiful app - my problem with tools like this is I don't use a Kindle so ingesting highlights is painful, but I'll plan on giving this a shot nevertheless.

Reader is expensive, but the best as you can save and annotate PDFs & Youtube videos as well.

Having the same debate - feels like this supports a better variety of sources, but Matter has a better/simpler UI for web articles & newsletters specifically.

That's a good data point, the market is surprisingly small which could account for lack of competition. But the last annual report has the ticketing org alone at 37% EBITDA margin [1] (they call it AOI). No expert on benchmarking this # but wouldn't say they're not milking it.

[1] https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_6fc34851c72a6087b32b93... p47

My thought too- charging higher prices in the first place & passing the same % on to the venue would allow you to offer the venues a better deal while still allowing fans to pay less than they would to resellers.

Limited/no transfers - returns offered instead - offer flexibility to customers.

However as others have said I think the real obstacle is the venue relationships that came from the purchase of LiveNation. These are difficult to replace although maybe it would be possible to start with smaller venues and acts....or using public places a la music festivals.

I actually read your blog on this while applying :). It was very helpful and part of my initial decision was exactly your quote to yourself at the top of the post. I do think I underestimated the time tradeoff as I generally breezed through my undergraduate coursework.

These are all good points to consider, and I definitely think I learn better & am more motivated when learning via projects, rather than the classroom environment. Work is more of a question mark, am on the lookout for what I want to do after having found analytics work unrewarding. Have considered SWE and product management, I just feel very _behind_ in the former (doubly so in research). Additionally I do feel I would generally enjoy a more social role. Regardless, thank you for the reply, this is a good framework for thinking about if this will be valuable or not.

Edit: Additionally, reading your post again: really like the point about figuring out what you don't know. Right now there seems to be so much 'magic' that I cannot comprehend; definitely feel that satisfying that curiosity is one reason to push through.

This is a helpful way to look at this thank you