Alejandro ContrerasinINIT CAREERHow to Ask Senior Engineers Good Questions001 of What I Learned This Week as a New Engineer from the INIT CAREER newsletterJul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020
Alejandro ContrerasHere’s Where You Stand in the Corporate Food ChainThere are folks who know that you have to hustle and there are winners that know how to hustle. What separates the two is hardly ever…Mar 10, 2019Mar 10, 2019
Alejandro ContrerasThe Cornerstone Habit of Great SleepHabits pay compound interest. Over the course of your education, career, and home life the habits you form will determine the quality and…Jan 12, 2019Jan 12, 2019
Alejandro ContrerasPredicting All I Care About— Ws and LsI take notes as I read. More than once they’ve proven valuable to me, friends, and co-workers. Here are my notes on chapter 3 of Nate…Oct 9, 2018Oct 9, 2018
Alejandro ContrerasAre You Smarter Than A Television Pundit? Want to Be?I take notes as I read. More than once they’ve proven valuable to me, friends, and co-workers. Here are my notes on chapter 2 of Nate…Oct 6, 2018Oct 6, 2018
Alejandro ContrerasA Catastrophic Failure of PredictionI take notes as I read. More than once they’ve proven valuable to me, friends, and co-workers. Here are my notes on chapter 2 of Nate…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
Alejandro ContrerasWhy Our Predictions Are Failing UsHere are my notes on the introduction to Nate Silver’s The Signal and the Noise. If you have any interest in becoming a better…Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
Alejandro ContrerasStrike a Better Deal by Seeing Through the Fog of Business StatsDarrell Huff’s short read on how to detect and avoid BS has been so successful that you’ve probably read or experienced it in one form or…Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
Alejandro ContrerasinThe StartupLearning How to be OriginalIt turns out you can learn how to develop, disseminate, convince people of, and get them to help execute your own brilliant ideas. That is…Sep 6, 20185Sep 6, 20185
Alejandro ContrerasDon’t Believe In Evolution, Know ItRichard Dawkins’ The Greatest Show On Earth is one hell of an education. The book is the highlight reel of evidence for the Theory of…Jul 3, 2016Jul 3, 2016