Ethan

@ethanyeh

Analytics + Ex Twitter & World Bank economist + Global Development + Basketball + Dad.

San Francisco, CA
Joined October 2010

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    Jan 4

    The ML research community has long been driven by the need to publish, which results in a stark, sometimes ridiculous bias towards complexity. Remember to ask: "can we do this with k-means and logistic regression?"

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  2. Jan 4

    Why does it seem like every time the meetings are in Philly, there's a massive snowstorm? Still remember sharing an SUV w on frozen roads 4 years ago. Stay safe and warm economist friends!

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    Jan 2

    Keys to being a great manager: 1. Be a good listener 2. Share praise, absorb blame 3. Ensure everyone knows goal 4. Focus on removing obstacles 5. Overcommunicate 6. Set dedicated 1:1 schedule 7. Never ask someone to do something you aren’t willing to do yourself

  4. 23 Dec 2017

    Love with this from D’Antoni: CP3 + Harden = 2 headed Steve Nash

  5. 19 Dec 2017

    Agree w a lot of this, esp the need for a close partnership w data infra, PMs, EMs and strong exec buy-in. We’re fortunate to have a lot of those , but are always looking to get better too.

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    15 Dec 2017

    Better than Bitcoin and with less energy consumption

  7. 13 Dec 2017

    Excited about this work by our team . Fraudsters are more likely to shop repeatedly at the same business and to make consecutive purchases 10x more quickly than the avg consumer.

  8. 13 Dec 2017

    Great recap of research by Chetty et al on where innovation comes from: equality of opportunity for young children, esp direct exposure to a culture of invention & role models via

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  11. 23 Nov 2017

    Wow...if you haven’t stopped using Uber yet

  12. 21 Nov 2017

    Fanatics capitalizes on intertemporal fluctuations in demand from fans...and just got my Astros championship T-shirt!

  13. 15 Nov 2017

    Love this quote: ‘There is a unique foreignness that persists, despite the presence of Asians on American soil for more than two centuries; none of us, no matter how bald our American accent, has gone through life without being asked, “Where are you from? I mean, originally?”’

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  14. 15 Nov 2017

    Great, great writing about Asian-American cuisine. Does it truly exist? Worth the long read. ?ssr=true

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  15. 15 Nov 2017

    Nice discussion about Tufte and how to make a great line chart

  16. 13 Nov 2017

    Happy to introduce Adler Ryan Yeh, born Nov 9, 2017 at 10:05 pm, weighing 6 lb 1 oz. Mom and baby are both doing well!

  17. 12 Nov 2017

    Long but good article about Houston’s development and Hurricane Harvey

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    My look at a building whose "impact on San Francisco’s physical and social landscape already is profound"

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    As we celebrate Veterans today, let us be louder than all of this silence — and quieter than all of this noise.

  20. 8 Nov 2017

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