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To me this just says "I don't know how to find interesting problems by myself; I need somebody to supply them for me." There's plenty of people out there who h
by Sniffnoy 11y ago
To me this just says "I don't know how to find interesting problems by myself; I need somebody to supply them for me."
There's plenty of people out there who have problems they care about independently of anyone telling them to, and have to just work on these in the time left in the day that isn't taken up by their job and chores. If I got one of these do-nothing jobs I could get plenty of math done with that!
- agentgt 11y agoYes but that is because you are a mathematician (or at least appear to be so). Private math can be done in so many places. I'm not criticizing as I would do the same with coding (and is how I started my own company). However I would say predominantly most vocations/interest require considerable infrastructure (other people to work with and/or other resources) and cannot be done during a menial office job. Even most academic studies require resources (like telescope time) that you really can't do with out full commitment. I would argue even the most brilliant will probably run out of creativity with out the right social interactions.. I could be wrong.