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Too bad. If he sits around reading math books in his spare time, you just missed out on an incredible opportunity. Seriously, I would be supremely interested i

Too bad. If he sits around reading math books in his spare time, you just missed out on an incredible opportunity. Seriously, I would be supremely interested in at least getting to know him, if not working with him. Actually managing to go off the grid at 5pm every day takes a lot of self-control. I'll bet most of the people reading this couldn't do it (myself included.) My guess is he spends his non-work time doing something enriching, not just swapping the monitor out for the TV.

cakesy 17y ago
There is no point in just reading maths books. That would be not much different to reading books about celebs. You have to get your hands dirty, start exploring theorems, or even start modelling them in the computer. That would be impressive. Someone who just reads maths books is not really bragging about much.
raganwald 17y ago
If such a person networks enough to have friends recommend him for the job, I'll meet him. If he doesn't network, I'll miss him. I don't have the patience to sort through thousands of job posting submissions and Indian outsource emails looking for the one incredible opportunity.