Thanks for pointing out this video (I'm going to watch it in the next day or two) as I found your writeup fascinating. I loved his comment on why he left the industry -- "Then you have to hire people to manage the people who manage the people, and so on. It’s like running a business. You don’t get to enjoy the important part of your life, which is time" and it being similar to academics -- "I loved academia, but there were aspects of it that became burdensome: committee meetings, endless reviews, grant proposals. What I liked was research and teaching, and the people that I met there, the students and the faculty who were smart and challenging." I loved teaching, especially when I had motivated students (which happened more often than I had a right to expect). Great job with the highlights and, while I'm familiar with Mr. Thorpe, he's someone who I think I'll get a lot of listening to the video. Appreciate your work!
Thanks for pointing out this video (I'm going to watch it in the next day or two) as I found your writeup fascinating. I loved his comment on why he left the industry -- "Then you have to hire people to manage the people who manage the people, and so on. It’s like running a business. You don’t get to enjoy the important part of your life, which is time" and it being similar to academics -- "I loved academia, but there were aspects of it that became burdensome: committee meetings, endless reviews, grant proposals. What I liked was research and teaching, and the people that I met there, the students and the faculty who were smart and challenging." I loved teaching, especially when I had motivated students (which happened more often than I had a right to expect). Great job with the highlights and, while I'm familiar with Mr. Thorpe, he's someone who I think I'll get a lot of listening to the video. Appreciate your work!