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July 08, 2007

The Compleat UberNerd

An UberNerd, Tanta tells us, is

someone who is compelled to understand how things work in grim detail, even if the things in question are tedious in the extreme, like mortgage insurance policies.

A Compleat UberNerd is then

Someone who has read all these posts already and quotes them at tailgate parties.

She kindly provides all the links necessary to become the Compleat UberNerd over at Calculated Risk.

Posted by James Hamilton at July 8, 2007 12:00 PM

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Hey, here's an UberNerd who went on to do really well at a relatively young age:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=agu_ByNM36sI&refer=home

Econometricians running the world, now, or at least a major bank. What can we expect, Professors? Will he give new meaning to, '...he's a calculating CEO...'?

Weak, I know.

Posted by: jg at July 9, 2007 05:10 PM