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On Leaving Academia

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Re: On Leaving Academia

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carterschonwald wrote: post #51
Cd00d wrote: post #44

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Neither. I'm an experimentalist. It appears to me at this point that if I were computational or a simulationist, the transition would be a bit easier. Some of my difficulty comes from the fact that I'm limiting my search to the greater NYC area. If finance was something I was willing to do, there would be more opportunities for my background.

Well, I'm based in NYC, let's grab coffee some time later this week or the next? I'd be interested in hearing what you're looking for etc. (and who knows, maybe someone I know is looking for you and doesn't know it!) Point being shoot me an email! (also include some random phrase in the email and in a reply to this message so I know it's you!)

Thanks Carter. I'm actually not local yet - finishing up in Ithaca for a few more weeks. It would be great to find a time for coffee.

Re: On Leaving Academia

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Post by Cd00d »

TheEzEzz wrote: post #68
Cd00d wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither. I'm an experimentalist. It appears to me at this point that if I were computational or a simulationist, the transition would be a bit easier. Some of my difficulty comes from the fact that I'm limiting my search to the greater NYC area. If finance was something I was willing to do, there would be more opportunities for my background.

I just left a postdoc at NYU (math) to start a company. Shoot me an email if you want to grab a drink sometime (or lunch, if you don't drink).

Thanks Jordan. I've emailed you.

Re: On Leaving Academia

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Post by carterschonwald »

Cd00d wrote: post #81
carterschonwald wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I'm based in NYC, let's grab coffee some time later this week or the next? I'd be interested in hearing what you're looking for etc. (and who knows, maybe someone I know is looking for you and doesn't know it!) Point being shoot me an email! (also include some random phrase in the email and in a reply to this message so I know it's you!)

Thanks Carter. I'm actually not local yet - finishing up in Ithaca for a few more weeks. It would be great to find a time for coffee.

identity confirmed and email replied to! :)

Re: On Leaving Academia

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Post by carterschonwald »

_delirium wrote: post #75
carterschonwald wrote: post #34

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Hehe, this is where is gets interesting. There's a huge number of small to mid sized companies which give you huge creative latitude for projects. Perhaps the most famous one is Valve (read their handbook, it's amazing!) I'm actually hoping to replicate some of those ideas of both the good bits of academe plus the modalities in aforementioned handbook as I start to pull people into my org, Wellposed. (because what's…

It's an interesting model that I do hope catches on. My impression is that it's not currently widespread, but maybe I'm missing all the interesting action. Afaict, in the game industry (which I'm pretty familiar with, being an AI researcher in academia focusing on game design / game mechanics), the more common model is a very highly managed EA-style one. And among smaller firms, creative freedom in design is more com…

who cares how other people do their biz, its how i'm structuring my (not game focused) operation to the full extent that I can :)

(and because there are no outside investors, it is so to the full extent that fiat authority can make there be no org chart :) )

Re: On Leaving Academia

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Post by mturmon »

zbyszek wrote: post #72
mturmon wrote: post #33

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The hunt for the Higgs boson is going on at CERN, which is not a university. It's more along the lines of a national lab.

It's more along the lines of an international lab. Many, perhaps most, of the academics working there are still employed by their home institutions and are funded just as if they were working in a lab in their own university. In fact, the same can be said for some of the academics working in national labs.

National lab, international lab, whatever. Point is that CERN is still more like a large, government-supported lab than a university.

What's happening at CERN is not at all reflective of the university environment of the OP, which emphasizes small collaborations working on, say, million-dollar projects lasting 3-5 years. As we both know, CERN is nothing like this.

I commented because the idea of saying that the work at CERN is "university research", as was done in the comment above, is mistaken. CERN has no relation to the work done by the OP.

Re: On Leaving Academia

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Post by carterschonwald »

TheEzEzz wrote: post #68
Cd00d wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither. I'm an experimentalist. It appears to me at this point that if I were computational or a simulationist, the transition would be a bit easier. Some of my difficulty comes from the fact that I'm limiting my search to the greater NYC area. If finance was something I was willing to do, there would be more opportunities for my background.

I just left a postdoc at NYU (math) to start a company. Shoot me an email if you want to grab a drink sometime (or lunch, if you don't drink).

can I email you too? people doing cool stuff are fun to talk to! :-)
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