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It's funny to think that some of the physicists who've left academia to join these companies might end up being paid a fortune to work on the exact same problem
by andrew1 16y ago
It's funny to think that some of the physicists who've left academia to join these companies might end up being paid a fortune to work on the exact same problems that they used to be paid a pittance to work on!
- jkin 16y agoThere are a lot of quant funds that were started by professors. They hire a lot of PhDs in Math and Physics. And yes, a PhD in Math can make a lot of money if you end up working at a trading firm.