My PhD is in probability. When I was applying for academic jobs upon finishing my PhD, I said to one of my professors "every time I apply for a job, I feel lik

My PhD is in probability. When I was applying for academic jobs upon finishing my PhD, I said to one of my professors "every time I apply for a job, I feel like I have probability epsilon of getting it". His response: "apply for one over epsilon jobs". I told him I wasn't willing to accept such a large probability of not getting a job...