Jane Street is a pretty extreme comparison. An easier one is that a good software engineer at Google can, in their late 20′s, make 2x what a tenured professor makes by the end of their career, with similar or better work/life balance. Tenure becomes irrelevant when you can retire by 40.
Jane Street is a pretty extreme comparison. An easier one is that a good software engineer at Google can, in their late 20′s, make 2x what a tenured professor makes by the end of their career, with similar or better work/life balance. Tenure becomes irrelevant when you can retire by 40.