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John_Maxwell_IV comments on Thoughts on the January CFAR workshop - Less Wrong Discussion

37 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 31 January 2013 10:16AM

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Comment author: beoShaffer 01 February 2013 09:50:46PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure. I just assign very high probability to it being better than going into academic psychology or the sort of CS jobs I had been considering in my hometown. Do you have some reason to believe I should try the start-up route?

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 02 February 2013 08:22:38AM *  1 point [-]

Well, there's this. The startup thing is probably better for someone like me who has spent a ton of time thinking about what sort of startup is likely to be successful. I was just wondering if you had any thoughts on it.

BTW, it's worth noting that there are probably also ways to strategically maximize your income as a psychologist.

Comment author: Unnamed 02 February 2013 08:32:00PM 2 points [-]

A standard way to make more money as a psychology professor is to get a job in a business school instead of a psychology department. It's worth maybe a factor of 2.

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(beoShaffer, we talked some about jobs at the workshop, but the business school option didn't come up. PM/email me if you want to talk more.)