Researchers of Chinese descent are leaving the US 75% faster since state-backed espionage investigations began in 2018
  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    someone told me once that at least half of the people studying fluid dynamics go on to model the stock market rather than anything scientifically interesting

    • Teekeeus
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      7 days ago

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    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Yup. I know a couple of people with PhDs in engineering and sciences and the only way for them to pay back their massive student debts is to go work in finance.

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      So many talented/cool mathematicians I went to college with are now just getting boatloads of money being "data analysts/scientists" for consulting firms or startups. It's really a shame