Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010)

Re:Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010) by levesque on Thursday April 26, 2018 @04:27PM (#16935381)

Having just finished a PhD and working full time in industry, I still find myself having the appetite for some unfunded personal research projects. Clearly didn't want to continue in academia, but there seems to be no middle ground yet, apart from landing a job at Google or the like.

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Re:Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010) by btrettel on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:46PM (#16936155)

You can become an independent researcher. I've discussed this approach on Hacker News before:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16726033

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Re:Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010) by levesque on Friday April 27, 2018 @11:10AM (#16941326)

Reading your other posts makes me realize I might be headed in this direction. I'm going to be making silly amounts of money soon enough (at least what I consider to be silly), meaning I could retire in 10 years if I wanted to. I do enjoy the work I am doing, but this means I could go in whatever direction I want. One challenge would be to establish proper collaborations, because working with other people feels very pleasant and rewarding to me.

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Re:Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010) by btrettel on Saturday April 28, 2018 @12:20AM (#16946045)

You're right, collaboration could be difficult. I'm hoping to identify some other likeminded people in my field who I could collaborate with online at the very least.

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