I've done that at least five times. got BS, and worked in industry got bored, and read a lot about [cool basic-science stuff] started grad school r

I've done that at least five times. got BS, and worked in industry got bored, and read a lot about [cool basic-science stuff] started grad school re [cool basic-science stuff] got PhD and did a couple postdocs in [cool basic-science stuff] got horrified by academic rat race, and got interested in [cool NGO stuff] [almost went to law school, to do patent law] got a job doing [cool NGO stuff] got frustrated by slow progress, and tired of being poor [almost did another postdoc] got a job doing [well-paid litigation stuff] got tired of the pressure, and started playing more re privacy-related stuff And so, here I am. What I get is that basically I like to play. I've rarely managed to be well paid for it, however.