It is. The average new grad quant (not just the PhDs, even the bachelors') salary at a top hedge fund is literally more than twice the average tenured math/physics/CS professor salary at a top school (though lots of tenured professors have a ton of lucrative advisory/consultant side hustle positions with corporations)
It is. The average new grad quant (not just the PhDs, even the bachelors') salary at a top hedge fund is literally more than twice the average tenured math/physics/CS professor salary at a top school (though lots of tenured professors have a ton of lucrative advisory/consultant side hustle positions with corporations)