Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already

Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by dmichulke on Saturday December 02, 2017 @01:14AM (#15830510)

Same here, I work independently for a few years now and it just becomes less interesting, and for interesting problems where you'd learn something new (I.e. where you are not good but you know you'd get there quickly) you cannot maintain your rate.

I keep wondering if I should take the rate cut for a year or just study mathematics at the local university (which is free here) ...

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Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by maroonblazer on Saturday December 02, 2017 @09:24AM (#15831933)

Genuinely curious: how would studying maths solve your specialist/generalist dilemma?

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Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by macawfish on Saturday December 02, 2017 @10:51AM (#15832353)

Math is multidisciplinary like none other. You could use graph theory, for example, to study relationships in music, sociology, chemical reactions, transportation systems, markets, ecosystems, whatever. And the insight you gain in applying it from one angle will almost certainly provide a fresh light when you pivot back to a different application.

Having a math PhD could also help cut through the bs of people thinking you're not useful because you're a generalist. Suddenly, they'd be asking you to help them with weird little problems. Which is what I'm pretty good at like to do!

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Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by macawfish on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:36AM (#15830775)

I've thought about going to study math too.

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