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2019年2月20日

How to make a career change?

- Concept: Non-linear career path 

- Framework: The most fulfilling journeys are ones where people are really honest with what they love, what they’re good at, and where they see a big need.

-Why people quit? Facebook team learned that employees who stayed found their work enjoyable 31% more often and used their strengths 33% more often than those who left within the next six months.

Car tech trends: 'Sports car of the sky'

Flying cars/Self-driving cars/AI cruise and smart parking/Voice control (From looking up directions, to changing songs on the radio, the progression of smart voice control is making this tech part of our everyday lives)/A 48-inch in-dash display (Chinese car manufacturer Byton has developed the M-Byte with a 48-inch screen PLUS an 8-inch tablet in the middle of the steering wheel)/Albert from McLaren - new Hyper GT and the fastest car/Electronic Vehicles (EV)/ Car as theme parks - Audi has partnered with startup holoride to entrench the full VR experience by integrating the motion of the car.

Micro Scheduling - new working styles

Scheduling policies can be measured based on following factors:

-Turnaround time

-Latency

-Throughput

Micro scheduling techniques have to take into account task characteristics in order to select best policy for a given scenario. Process inter-relationship takes center stage in selecting macro-scheduling policy. Based on inter-dependency of tasks, a set of tasks can be characterized as:

-Data dependant

-Resource dependant

-Precedence dependant

-Conditionally dependant.