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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
This question's gauche, but: given the prevalence of $400k++ comp packages for ~30-year-olds in Big Tech, why aren't there lots more "gentle[wo]man scholars"? i.e. people quitting to do non-remunerative creative projects I can think of some, but shouldn't there be thousands?
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@timoni
It's an interesting question. I had expected to do something like that myself. But it turns out: I don't feel encumbered by my job. I can still make money, have access to more resources than academia, and best of all, be surrounded by people smarter than I am. So why go solo?
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