Vehicle navigation and automation.
Definitely the right time to be in that field ($$$$) but it isn't without its moral hazards. I find the area interesting, but the high level maths is beyond me.
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#22Retiring young, to enjoy the rest of their life on their own terms.
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#23If I was douchie enough - I am working on p2p internetless cryptocurrency transfers and distributed ID. Otherwise it would be antiphishing, improved open source debuggers, and RISCV implementations.
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#24High frequency trading. Built enough of a nest egg (probably < 5MM) at age of 30 and will go off to pursue his own goals. Before you think that "talent was wasted on a zero-sum game", keep in mind that the rest of my peers in the same age group are likely to be working even more inconsequential desk jobs while paying off mortgages for the rest of their lives.
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#25Their sun-tan, their golf swing, and their fly-casting.
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#26Ruining their lives with substances.
From anecdotal experience it seems to me that high intelligence has a strong correlation with emotional instability, which in turn often manifests in the form of substance abuse.
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#27Four years out of college: Some combination of working at Google, Facebook, $BIGBANK, or going to law/med school.
The smartest all jumped on career ladders because of the head start from their degrees and grades. The non-technical went to banks because what other profession pays $100k a year for a liberal arts degree? The technical went to the most recognizable companies that would take them and pay them a lot of money.
The entrepreneurs are a much more interesting bunch; most are technical, some never had a corporate job, some did YC, some left their corporate job and are mindlessly trying to be entrepreneurs, lots have raised funding, and a very select few have exited or hit Series C.
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#28Working at $BIGBANK
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#29Not much, because their life is a mess.
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#30Well, this morning I hacked some Python to generate advertising performance metrics.... ;-)
Wow so l33t.