We shouldn't place our values onto them. If someone has a natural talent that they've developed into a very useful skill (mathematics, programming, selling vac

We shouldn't place our values onto them. If someone has a natural talent that they've developed into a very useful skill (mathematics, programming, selling vacuum cleaners, whatever) and they use that to get a cush 9 to 5 job, all the more power too them. Let them spend less time on politics, and more time on family, friends and hobbies. Who are we to say it was a bad decision to let someone else write the next great math paper? If anything, this highlights that an aptitude for theoretical mathematics can be a launching point to a lot of different things, and that's refreshing. (I'd be less likely to encourage kids in math if Professorships were the only outcome)