Well, Wei Dai said “maximize the expected value of some function of your income”; which career achieves that will depend on whether the function is log(x), x, H(x - $40,000/year), exp(x/($1M/year)), or what.
I assumed it was referring to (part of) Wei Dai's utility function. What other functions could there be a point in applying?
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