Risk is felt, it’s not something that can be quantified despite the failed attempts of many. 2/9
Short thread on emotions in trading
A common meme is that the best traders are the least emotional. I’m calling BS on this.
I’ve analysed the Psychological make-up of many brilliant traders over many years using psychometrics. And whilst this isn’t scientific research.
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Risk is felt, it’s not something that can be quantified despite the failed attempts of many. 2/9
The fact that they don’t suppress their emotions aids this process.
They use their emotions as
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Feeling their emotions & being aware of them enables them to identify opportunities & threats with great haste, giving them an edge over ‘less emotional’ types who are not able to
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By contracts the less emotional types can tend to be overconfident & don’t always see (because they don’t feel) the degree of risk or threat in situations.
I am not saying emotional or unemotional is superior. Both types can and do succeed.
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What matters is congruence: There are certain 6/9
For emotional types, I ‘tend’ to find that the shorter-term/faster the style or signal, the better it is.
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Again this creative ‘edge’, which isn’t necessarily unique to, but seems to tend towards, emotional types, can be highly valuable to designing systems or new methods.
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- Forget what you don't have, make your strength bold
- Pick one work experience and explain what you did in detail w/ bullet points
- Write it towards the role you apply
- Give social proof
/thread
"But I got no work experience..."
Make a open source lib, make a small side project for yourself, do freelance work, ask friends to work with them, no friends? Find friends on Github, and Twitter.
Bonus points:
- Show you care about the company: I used the company's brand font and gradient for in the resume for my name and "Thank You" note.
- Don't list 15 things and libraries you worked with, pick the most related ones to the role you're applying.
-🙅♂️"copy cover letter"
"I got no firends, no work"
One practical way is to reach out to conferences and offer to make their website for free. But make sure to do it good. You'll get:
- a project for portfolio
- new friends
- work experience
- learnt new stuff
- new thing for Twitter bio
If you don't even have the skills yet, why not try your chance for @LambdaSchool? No? @freeCodeCamp. Still not? Pick something from here and learn https://t.co/7NPS1zbLTi
You'll feel very overwhelmed, no escape, just acknowledge it and keep pushing.