aye - we've made the sciences into a bit of a hobby career, or a short career for those who want to pursue passion project for a few years. Of my physics under

aye - we've made the sciences into a bit of a hobby career, or a short career for those who want to pursue passion project for a few years. Of my physics undergrad, around 1/10th were independently wealthy - guess who is still working in physics. The rest either did it for a few years, or got the picture over the course of the undergrad. A 40k/year job is great if you are getting an additional ~120k in cash from existing investments at 22.