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I played a similar game some time ago. I looked up people from a nationwide (French) elite math program. Most people where either university professor in Math,
by yodsanklai 12y ago
I played a similar game some time ago. I looked up people from a nationwide (French) elite math program. Most people where either university professor in Math, CS or theoretical Physics, or they were working in finance. Two opposite environments it seems.
I wonder how their lives is in the financial industry. I imagine finance as a demanding and stressful environment, driven by big egos, commercial types. How do these math geniuses fit there? what level of freedom do they have in their job? in term of schedule, things they work on and so on...
- imgabe 12y ago> demanding and stressful environment, driven by big egos The same is true of academia, from what I understand, just less money.
- yodsanklai 12y agoNot really, or at least it doesn't have to be. Some ambitious and competitive persons may work very hard to publish more papers than their colleague. But for those that don't feel like playing this game and are immune to the comparison with more prolific researchers, it is possible to work very little in a low profile institution.
- screwedup 12y agoI imagine that's true once you get tenure, but not before.