of anyoneThis is one thing I've been thinking about as I approach the end of the first year of my master's degree. One of the biggest changes that has happened to me during this program is that I've learned to become comfortable with math problems that involve millions, billions, and even trillions of dollars. I started with the accounting course I took, basically, where the numbers on a balance sheet are written in thousands, but they stand for millions or billions.
There was a point in elementary school when I switched from basic single digit arithmetic to double digits, and that opened up the whole horizon of precalculus and calculus and all that. I'm excited to glimpse at the world that's opened up when you start being comfortable adding and subtracting millions and billions of dollars in your head. The total market capitalization in the world is $100 trillion. Fourteen zeroes. Wow. I want to do some work with some of that market cap. But I also want to go back to bed. It's one of those rare Sundays where I get to sleep in.
On an unrelated note, it was fun to have two Gtown kids from the grade above me come visit. I'm reasonably confident that I have the lowest IQ of anyone in these photographs. (Joking. Kind of.)
There was a point in elementary school when I switched from basic single digit arithmetic to double digits, and that opened up the whole horizon of precalculus and calculus and all that. I'm excited to glimpse at the world that's opened up when you start being comfortable adding and subtracting millions and billions of dollars in your head. The total market capitalization in the world is $100 trillion. Fourteen zeroes. Wow. I want to do some work with some of that market cap. But I also want to go back to bed. It's one of those rare Sundays where I get to sleep in.
On an unrelated note, it was fun to have two Gtown kids from the grade above me come visit. I'm reasonably confident that I have the lowest IQ of anyone in these photographs. (Joking. Kind of.)
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