Your interests align with mine. I have considered academia, but for now it suffices to work on language research projects in spare time. I did get a job in comp

Your interests align with mine. I have considered academia, but for now it suffices to work on language research projects in spare time. I did get a job in compilers and build tools last year because of my language interests, so it’s certainly not impossible. Compilers experts are not in high demand, but when they are needed they can go for a pretty penny due to short supply. > I’m not as interested in the implementation as I am in conceiving a solution and understanding its value. I'm sure that will sound like laziness to some… Not at all. People like you are the reason that people like me have so many great papers to work from. The world needs people on both sides of that divide.