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“ Derrick van Gennep, a former condensed-matter researcher at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who now works in finance ” This is always sad to
by throwaway4220 3y ago
“ Derrick van Gennep, a former condensed-matter researcher at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who now works in finance ”
This is always sad to see but I get it
- philomath_mn 3y agoMany such cases (most of the quants at my last job had PhDs in Physics or Chemistry)
- OJFord 3y agoAnd I get why you say that, but also way more people want PhDs (or even to work in academic research) than the system supports. i.e. you have not only to resist the industry moneybags, but also defy odds anyway It's like being a former actor (of undisclosed repute) turned waiter if Hollywood A-list pay was not great (and B-list awful).
- vagab0nd 3y agoIs it really sad though? On the surface it seems the society heavily incentivizes smart people to work on "less impactful" things. But if every smart person becomes a condensed-matter researcher then obviously we have a problem. So what's the right amount of people that should work on condensed matter physics? Who should decide on such amount? Currently the market decides. But maybe there's a better way?