> But I wonder if he had the resource he needed would he make the same choice? If I had the resources I needed, I definitely would not have made the same choic

> But I wonder if he had the resource he needed would he make the same choice? If I had the resources I needed, I definitely would not have made the same choice. Though I enjoy somewhat working on sync protocols, databases, etc., it is only a means to an end. Mathematics software is much deeper and more interesting me. If I had sufficient resources a few years ago, I absolutely would have instead built a team to work fulltime on Sage, similar to how John Cannon successfully built an amazing team around Magma, partly leveraging that Magma is closed source and commercial -- https://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/ https://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/.