tl;dr Look for patterns in your past projects as guideposts for important decisions. Inspiration I was recently listening to the Capital Allocators Podcast, and someone finally put into words an idea that I’ve struggled to articulate - research graveyards. In a discussion about hiring quants, one of the things they look for is a “research graveyard”. The idea is that they want to see someone who has tried a ton of things, and can lean on that experience.
