Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

What is an intuitive explanation of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus? Alon Amit, Mathcircler and Origamist. 79 votes When you integrate a derivative, you get the total change in quantity. ... Read More »

What are some possible ways of becoming millionaire without owning a business or investing? Dan Kanivas, investor, veteran, runner, and bookworm 53 votes I know millionaire employees (not business owners) in each of the following four fields: Finance (investment bankers, traders, private equity employees, hedge fund employees...  Read More »

Whose work has inspired you most? Gillian Anderson, Author, Actress, The X-Files, The Fall, Hannibal 958 votes Anyone who puts their lives at risk to speak out about an injustice. It's one thing for someone like me to sit at my laptop or in this case, on my phone on a plane, answeri...  Read More »

If you can go back to that time when you started programming, what would you suggest yourself? Philip Noah, Doctor of Science Information Systems and Communications 68 votes DON'T FIGHT THE LANGUAGE! My 'problem' was I taught myself how to program in BASIC when I was in 7th grade. I programmed on my own for 2 years before I took a programming ...  Read More »

Do you need 300 pages to prove that 1+1=2? David Joyce, always learning 58 votes It is not true that it takes 300 pages to prove 1+1=2. The Dedekind-Peano axioms and the definitions of 1 and 2 along with a proof that 1+1=2 can be stated in a page. It... Read More »

Can I become both a physics and mathematics professor at the same time with an IQ of 120? Senia Sheydvasser, Math PhD Student at Yale University 77 votes You are giving entirely the wrong measurement. The question is not how high your IQ is, but how many hours are you willing and able to put in to get where you want. That wi... Read More »

How does the experience of working at a big company differ from working at a startup? Bruce R. Miller 74 votes I've gotten rich at a startup, and I've gotten rich at a big company. And I've worked at startups that did not go so well. I'll start by saying that if a startup had to d... Read More »

Can practice make you an expert at a programming language? Garry Taylor 79 votes Don't focus on the language, learning the language is easy. C has 32 keywords, 32! Learning those is easy enough, you can learn the syntax of C in a day, easy. Your problem ...  Read More »

How can I hang out with rich people when I'm actually poor? Jay Bazzinotti, Seeking my destiny; 4 patents, 3 books, 2 degrees, 24 countries, 46 statess, 286 votes How old are you? Become a caddy at a local country club. even if you have to start at the bottom. When you are a caddy you get to hang around, at first as a lackey, but eve... Read More »

What are some of the pros and cons of developing in plain JavaScript vs. in one of the abstract languages (CoffeeScript, TypeScript, etc.)? Quincy Larson, teacher at FreeCodeCamp-com 84 votes ES6 JavaScript will give you most of what TypeScript and CoffeeScript give you, without all the transpiling. * ... Read More »