Andy Matuschak on Twitter: "@context_ing That seems about right! Still, could be a few thousand "gentlescholars" in that 20%. I wonder how many of these people actually did the math vs. went on what felt like "enough"." / Twitter

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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That seems about right! Still, could be a few thousand "gentlescholars" in that 20%. I wonder how many of these people actually did the math vs. went on what felt like "enough".

4:15 AM · Jan 28, 2022Twitter Web App

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