[2] He then returned to the East Coast to pursue a master's degree in engineering from the City College of New York, which he completed in 1968.
[2] Goldstein spent the first 25 years of his career as a civil engineer for the City of New York, working on projects such as the maintenance and improvement of the Brooklyn Bridge's roadway.
[2] In the 1970s he also used his proficiency with math in the game of blackjack, and even considered a career as a professional gambler until he came across a book, "How the Experts Beat the Market," by Thomas C. Noddings.
In the book, Noddings, also a former engineer, explains how a mathematically inclined investor can uncover and profit from various market inefficiencies.
[1] By 1996, Goldstein and his partners decided to take a more activist approach to some of the fund's investing,[4] with a particular emphasis on liquidity events such as asset sales.