> This is remarkable because it's hard to imagine most American companies, which are always looking to squeeze out a little more profit to juice the quarterly report
HEB is privately owned and run by the owners. Those are very different incentives than public or VC-backed ventures.
The instructor David Beazley very skillfully weeded out all the non-essential parts and added one amazing exercise where we implemented the lambda calculus and, funny enough, the ycombinator.
Highly recommend it for anyone who desires to learn this material, can't find the time, and is willing to pay $2500 for the experience.
Scientists generally pursue truth whereas politicians spend most of their time pursuing power by building a constituency, trying to get and stay elected, raising money, etc.
And I'm not saying "scientists are bad politicians". I'm saying what the two groups do don't overlap a ton.
For a gross example, most scientists will have to learn to lie to be good politicians, because all good politicians play fast and loose with the truth.
HEB is privately owned and run by the owners. Those are very different incentives than public or VC-backed ventures.