Date: January 3rd, 2013 1:42 AM Author: Pink disrespectful national security agency
mathematicians are so silly. an econ prof who didn't trade schools for a substantially higher salary would be looked at strangely by his peers. why would you have loyalty to a school?
Date: January 3rd, 2013 3:15 AM Author: Frum garrison halford
well, there is a difference between math and economics.
economics still has some shadows of a pseudo-science, so its much more prestige conscious, driven by its insecurities. math doesn't. a math paper, by definition, stands completely on its own.
one of the top living mathematicians, Perelman, lives with his parents, and has no academic affiliations ffs.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 3:26 AM Author: turquoise faggotry
Perelman is beyond 180. Turned down a fields medal because he didn't give a shit about being recognized, says he despises the prevailing politics and dishonesty in the mathematical community. Stand up guy
Date: January 3rd, 2013 3:38 AM Author: Frum garrison halford
yep. the fact that he is a total recluse and hates academia, yet is still recognized as one of the top living mathematicians speaks for math as the purest science.
try doing that as an economist, and see how that turns out.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 3:46 AM Author: Frum garrison halford
consulting - no. the skill set for consulting overlaps 100% with the skill set for a snake oil salesman.
finance - quant heavy funds like rentech, DE shaw would crap themselves to have him. the founder of rentech was the math chair at CUNY stoneybrooks. basically, not even on the same level with these guys in terms of pure math abilities.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 10:15 AM Author: Dead Chad
Jim Simons is a leading figure in the fields of geometry and topology and has won several prestigious awards for his work. Not to mention the whole figuring out a away to mint money thing.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 1:33 AM Author: Mint heady crackhouse jap
AND YET THE FOOT BALL COACH MAKES $5MM+ PER ANNUAL! WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO? I LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE ALL THE MONEY THEY NEED, AND THE AIR FORCE NEEDS TO HOLD A BAKE SALE TO BUY A FIGHTER PLANE
Date: January 3rd, 2013 1:46 AM Author: Wonderful Autistic Kitty
i don't know. hedge fund de shaw paid lawrence summers $5 million in his last year of part-time consulting. tao full time--who knows? the big money is being a partner. pretty sure tao could make partner at ren tech.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 1:45 AM Author: idiotic chestnut senate famous landscape painting
professors are entitled to consult a certain number of days per year. he could easily be hired for consulting at astronomical rates like 5000 an hour or 50k for a few days.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 1:53 AM Author: idiotic chestnut senate famous landscape painting
do you read his blog? he regularly has insights on a huge range of applied math topics. that's what's unusual about him; his range of expertise and ability to rapidly get up to speed and come up with insights on areas he's not expert in nearly matches his depth of expertise in analysis.
Date: January 3rd, 2013 5:11 AM Author: frozen arousing double fault
He obviously is styling over all the cute AZN girl undergrades who definitely would prefer a 400k a year Math nerd over a 5'5 Jew nerd undergrad making 11.50 an hour at Jack in the Box part-time.