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How tf do you come back from being "homeless in the woods" to "working towards a mathematics PhD"? Also, as what did you reinvent yourself in the end?
by RGamma 2y ago
How tf do you come back from being "homeless in the woods" to "working towards a mathematics PhD"?
Also, as what did you reinvent yourself in the end?
- DanielGeisler 2y agoI got a job working one on one with an autistic teenager. The first month I lived in the woods, but I did have a car to drive to work. A year later I returned to college and lived off student loans for some years. Academia didn't work out, but I made a number of connections with significant mathematicians. A large portion of mathematicians have little coding ability, so I help some amazing people out, learn lots of mathematics and have lots of fun. I just don't make any money, but I'm retired now so it is no longer an issue. I'm now a gentleman of leisure. I have one of the main websites on tetration at http://tetration.org http://tetration.org. Recently I worked on machine language comprehension of mathematics, https://fangornforest.org https://fangornforest.org. I completed a four decade project working with Stephen Wolfram for Mathematica to support fractional iteration https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FunctionRepository/resources/FractionalIteration https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FunctionRepository/resour.... I now operate as a social activist helping people and non-profit organizations out.
- barrenko 2y ago(Joke) Yes, usually the path is reverse.