There are nerds. There are super-nerds. And then there are ... Top Nerds. What do Top Nerds do? Simple:
- Top Nerds work hard. Really hard. Why? They like hard work.
- Top Nerds save the day. One of my Top Nerds buddies is doing it as I write this. No "software project" of any kind, however well-run, could possibly pull off what he's pulling off.
- Top Nerds have fun. They're exploring, pioneering, accomplishing, learning. This is the best kind of fun!
I just hosted a gathering of Top Nerds. Having them all together for a long weekend was fun for everyone -- who else spends the first more-than-half of the Fourth of July in a conference room going deep into the details of machine learning techniques and applications, solves leading-edge problems in their practical application and discovers new, transformative uses for them, ... and has a blast? Well, we sure did!
Naturally, Top Nerds scramble and solve obstacles as they arise. One of our number was too busy saving the day for his company to be able to commit a holiday weekend to being in New York City with the rest of us. But he skyped in (that's him on the screen in the picture), told us what he was doing, how and why, and in the interaction that ensued, everyone ended up ahead of the game, and thoroughly entertained as a side-effect!
Because that's what Top Nerds do!
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