[izyda]

I loved this game and then this style of game (all the Tycoons, SimCity, AoE, etc.).

I did not know it, but it was my first experience with economics. I mistakenly thought that this is what policy planners _actually_ did in the real world. Imagine the disappointment when I found out that was not true.

Nonetheless, it ultimately inspired me to go into data science in market/competitive intelligence. First at hedge funds and now as my own startup.

I have never been able to shake the notion that build a real-time view of the real economy was the most interesting thing to work on.