Karl-Mikael Syding's Blog, page 25

An acid test for your career aspirations

Topic: Detailed career opportunities Length: 2646 words Executive summary: Almost every profession can be approached with the future-proof Big 5 human challenges and Big 5 singularity technologies in mind, and still be kind of fun and rewarding in itself. So, not … Continue reading →

Selling oil, waiting for abundance

Executive Summary A quick (and simplified) overview of the oil price development, including Iran ramping its production, Saudi-Arabia refusing to cut production, overflowing storage and the risk of rogue contango. What I’m doing about it, i.e., my personal investments – … Continue reading →

Procrastination – when is it about legitimate recuperation?

Topic: How do you even know if you’re procrastinating? (and some kind of update on how my next book is coming along) Reading time: 5-10 minutes (1700 words, F-K 69, F-K US school grade: 7.6) Executive Summary: The difference between … Continue reading →

Oil opportunities and the slippery slope of contango extraordinaire

Retarded Redux Once, a friend from business school wrote in his capacity as a business journalist “It’s fascinating how retarded Syding is. He still hasn’t realized that…“. That was 20 years ago. Well, here I go again, I just realized* … Continue reading →

How to ace a hedge fund job interview

How to get through a hedge fund interview with flying colors Reading time: 8-10 minutes (2120 words, including this) Difficulty: super easy at F-K 70 and US school grade 7.5 Warning, this post is a bit unusual. It’s a run-through of a … Continue reading →

How To Influence People

Quick and easy: The post is just 1423 words long, with an F-K score of 55 and grade level 11.4. This is a re-posting of my review of D. Carnegie’s book on effective networking and sales… since I recommended that book … Continue reading →

Expelliamus – life lessons from an unlikely career path

Warning: this is a long one, 5300 words (35 minutes) On the other hand, it’s an easy read, with a grade 8 readability (US school grade system) and an F-K score of 70 (easily readable for 12-15 year olds) Still, … Continue reading →

Why Deep Work is essential for keeping up with robotics (career and investment opportunities)

Executive summary: AI is coming. You’d better think about your career and investment opportunities in AI and robotics. And the importance of Deep Work to keep up. Hint: Google, FB, Amazon Readability: 2128 words, Flesch Kincaid Ease 52/100, FK US school grade score 11, … Continue reading →

Career and investment opportunities in robotics

Executive summary: AI is coming. You’d better think about your career and investment opportunities in AI and robotics. And the importance of Deep Work. Hint: Google, FB, Amazon Readability: 2128 words, Flesch Kincaid Ease 52/100, FK US school grade score 11, reading time 15 … Continue reading →

Repeat your e-mail’s conclusion at the top, bottom and subject line, or risk deletion

Reading time: 5 minutes Topics: retarded recounts, and how to craft serious e-mails that force feeds your message to the reader This reminds me of a colleague (as well as amateur bodybuilder) who force fed himself beef to save time, … Continue reading →