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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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Erik Paulson
@erik_paulson
What do you think it looks like for folks who are say 60 and have the resources to not work/"retire" and still have many years before being impacted by aging - does your definition of "gentlepeople scholars" include them?
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