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Re:The Origins of SageMath; I am leaving academia to build a... by Cyph0n on Saturday June 11, 2016 @03:44PM (#11884997)
Why not take a leave of absence to at least get the company started and acquire some funding? After that, you could just have a consulting role with the company.
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Re:The Origins of SageMath; I am leaving academia to build a... by williamstein on Sunday June 12, 2016 @12:27AM (#11886640)
I did during my 2014-2015 sabbatical. Building a successful company is vastly more difficult and demanding of attention than I could have imagined. Maybe I'm just not as good at doing multiple difficult things at once as other people.
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