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Re:I'm working on open source full time by seoaeu on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:01PM (#28696541)
Software is unlike mathematics in that mathematicians won't work for free.
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Re:I'm working on open source full time by galaxyLogic on Thursday September 30, 2021 @01:25AM (#28703471)
I can see the point of that you must be good to do math professionally, good enough that someone will be paying your salary.

But I assume most mathematicians don't do it for the money but for the fame, the pay is so meagre

Most rock-musicians are not millionaires.

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