Maria Wang

Mind the Pour! THE Guide to making your very first pour-over coffee at home You wake up in the morning, enter a coffee shop, order a cup of black coffee, and wish it doesn't get too bitter or acidic. Unluckily, it tastes like burnt soybeans. So, you wished to make some Americano at home, but the espresso machine is too expensive to set up at your dorm. What if I tell you, there is a way to make low-cost, personalized flavor, and time-efficient coffee? Pour-over coffee is the ideal choice. I have been making my own every morning for a year now, and absolutely never encountered burnt-smelled coffee since then.  Pour-over coffee, by its name, is a type of coffee where you literally pour water over ground coffee by hand, and let it pass through to a server of any kind (Counter Culture). No machine is involved. You can pick the flavor you like and control the details based on your preference. More importantly, the enjoyment is unparalleled with other methods. After trying coffee beans f...

The book I chose to read is “ Hit Fresh ” by Satya Nadella. Satya is the third CEO of Microsoft after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, and he has been leading the company since 2014. I chose this book because it not only vividly tells Satya’s personal experience from his childhood to the transformation he brings to Microsoft, but also conveys the philosophies behind Satya’s decision making. I think this book would provide insights that would be invaluable to my current stage of career. In his illustration of the first few chapters that I have read, Satya uses his personal hobbies in sports to draw insights to his philosophy in corporate management. This approach of conveying information is really easy to ignite my interest. In the following chapters, he detailedly discusses how he found Microsoft’s “soul”, the importance of teamwork, data and trust, as well as AI. The “roadmap” starts from general corporate management insights to more Microsoft-specific and industry-specific discussion. I...

Equity Researcher Do you know when is the best time to buy a stock? If you do, you must have a big fortune! If you don’t, you need an Equity research analyst to help you! Having been working as an equity research analyst, I will tell you how the researchers make a fortune for you! An equity researcher is a person who, by the name, does research on equities on a daily basis. Equities in this context contain companies, industries, and stocks. The job of researchers is to make analyses on the industry/companies they are responsible for in their team, and provide recommendations for their clients on whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock at a certain time. These are three main day-to-day tasks of an equity researcher: Monitoring Market Trends Doing Financial Analysis Making Recommendations I will describe these using examples of me in this job! 1. Monitoring Market Trends This is the first thing in a day for every equity researcher regardless of what company you work for! Understanding how ...

Equity Researcher Do you know when is the best time to buy a stock? If you do, you must have a big fortune! If you don’t, you need an Equity research analyst to help you! Having been working as an equity research analyst, I will tell you how the researchers make a fortune for you! An equity researcher is a person who, by the name, does research on equities on a daily basis. Equities in this context contain companies, industries, and stocks. The job of researchers is to make analysis on the industry/companies they are responsible for in their team, and provide recommendations for their clients whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock at a certain time. These are three main day-to-day tasks of an equity researcher: Monitoring Market Trends Doing Financial Analysis Making Recommendations I will describe these using examples of me in this job! 1. Monitoring Market Trends This is the first thing in a day for every equity researcher regardless of what company you work for! Understanding how the...