I hope not, or at least that they make things for us keyboard folks. I can type at ~120wpm, and while I don't always think that fast, I can't imagine communicate at a much slower pace..
I read that as a stand-in for "Wall St", probably also because my friends usually go for Goldman now, but hedge funds are definitely where all the action is at.
I was actually a charter member at the Union Square Crunch gym (the one on 3rd anyhow). Quitting was easy though, they only asked why (because I hadn't been going) and that was that.
True enough. I think the easily accessible part is somewhat important though, at least for apps that you would not look for otherwise - it's like checking if a key exists in hash, vs given a list. For the former, you can find it if you know what to look for, the latter it gives you a free look.
Seriously, if the point is to educate people the difference between O(1) and O(1)A, then fine, let people understand the difference. The problem is that he thinks the solution is to scrap it altogether.
It's almost like, hey guys, Quicksort isn't really O(n log n), it only is on average! (Of course, the STD uses introsort.. ;))