This week’s write up is a little more personal than our usual topics. I thought it would be interesting to measure my work-life balance over time by plotting my billable hours since I started working. I work for a boutique financial advisory firm that specializes in infrastructure and energy finance.Read More →
A couple of weeks ago, Stromae performed at a sold out show in Washington, DC. Several friends were scouring StubHub and Craigslist for tickets, but ticket prices seemed to be all over the place. That got us wondering whether the market price for concert tickets exhibits any patterns that canRead More →
I was exploring the Social Security Administration’s U.S. baby names data set for interesting trends in baby names (no, I’m not expecting, just curious). There are lots of interesting analyses that can be done with this gigantic data set of baby names from 1880 to 2013. The first write-up will look atRead More →