Love this idea, and +1 on Jon Gjengset and Neel Nanda.
For finance though, I’m skeptical of your recommendations (DeepFuckingValue and Martin Shkreli). The former made his money pumping-and-dumping meme stocks, and I get the impression the latter has been selected for fame (like recommending Neil deGrasse Tyson to learn physics).
In general, I think finding good resources in finance requires a much stronger epistemic immune system than nearly any other field! There’s so much adverse selection, and charlatans can hide behind noisy returns and flashy slide decks for a very long time. I’ve worked at a top quant trader long enough to spot BS, and the KL-divergence between what competent looking YouTubers say and what actually works is extreme.
My recommendations would be:
Blogs with great tacit knowledge: bitsaboutmoney.com, thediff.co, Money Stuff
Thanks for the feedback! I too am skeptical of the finance videos, agreeing that the video probably came across my radar due to the figures being popular rather than displaying believable tacit knowledge.
I’ve gone back and forth on whether to remove the videos from the list or just add your expert anecdata as a disclaimer on the videos. In the spirit of quantity vs. quality, I’m leaning toward keeping the videos on the list.
Love this idea, and +1 on Jon Gjengset and Neel Nanda.
For finance though, I’m skeptical of your recommendations (DeepFuckingValue and Martin Shkreli). The former made his money pumping-and-dumping meme stocks, and I get the impression the latter has been selected for fame (like recommending Neil deGrasse Tyson to learn physics).
In general, I think finding good resources in finance requires a much stronger epistemic immune system than nearly any other field! There’s so much adverse selection, and charlatans can hide behind noisy returns and flashy slide decks for a very long time. I’ve worked at a top quant trader long enough to spot BS, and the KL-divergence between what competent looking YouTubers say and what actually works is extreme.
My recommendations would be:
Blogs with great tacit knowledge: bitsaboutmoney.com, thediff.co, Money Stuff
Trustworthy news sources: Financial Times, Bloomberg News, Reuters
Other recommendations:
Git version control: Scott Chacon’s So You Think You Know Git videos
Thanks for the Git recommendation; added!
Thanks for the feedback! I too am skeptical of the finance videos, agreeing that the video probably came across my radar due to the figures being popular rather than displaying believable tacit knowledge.
I’ve gone back and forth on whether to remove the videos from the list or just add your expert anecdata as a disclaimer on the videos. In the spirit of quantity vs. quality, I’m leaning toward keeping the videos on the list.
Update: added the disclaimer.