PCA: Principal Component Analysis

PCA ,or Principal Component Analysis, is defined as the following in wikipedia[1]: A statistical procedure that uses an orthogonal transformation to convert a set of observations of possibly correlated variables into a set of values of linearly uncorrelated variables called principal components. In other words, it is a technique that reduces an data to its most […]

The Opportunity Cost of War

Today, it is fairly common to turn on the news, read a book, listen to a lecture in history and for the speaker to discuss the cost of a war. Quantifying the cost is usually done in dollars, assessed by how much money was actually spent or how many lives were lost. The victor and […]

Technical Interviews Today and Tomorrow

I would define interviewing as follows: The process of identifying the individuals who can achieve greatness. Great companies need to select employees capable of achieving greatness on their own. Then, and only then, can a company be used as a catalyst to achieve that greatness to benefit both the company and the individual. Remember, employees are selling their […]