I am soon about to get a PhD in computer science and I have two options careerwise: 1) go to Wall Street and become a quant, 2) do a series of postdocs and attempt to become a prof.
I am inclined towards picking the one that's better in the getting laid department. Wall Street will give me pretty much three times the salary of a postdoc. Plus, from what I understand, a bank job is a high status job. A prof is perhaps also a high status job, but the job market in academia is quite fucked up and almost everyone waits for at least 3 years before getting a professorship.
If it's true that (1) is clearly better than (2) in the getting laid department, then it will make my decision very simple. Does anyone know which one of the two is better?
I am inclined towards picking the one that's better in the getting laid department. Wall Street will give me pretty much three times the salary of a postdoc. Plus, from what I understand, a bank job is a high status job. A prof is perhaps also a high status job, but the job market in academia is quite fucked up and almost everyone waits for at least 3 years before getting a professorship.
If it's true that (1) is clearly better than (2) in the getting laid department, then it will make my decision very simple. Does anyone know which one of the two is better?
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