The pay of professors in top US econ departments is above $200k. For finance professors in top business schools, it is above $350k. For superstars, the academic pay can exceed $500k. The outside money from consultancy or managing hedge funds in some cases can reach millions.
Tao很牛。文章里提到的大部分都是神人,尤其是排名第一的Grothendick,不过排名这个东西当不得真。现代数学分工那么细,互相都不明白,谁比谁牛真是不好说。作者: ilcc 时间: 2013-1-25 00:44
感情有人的地方就有江湖。
想起有人给前苏联数学家Andrey Kolmogorov 的评价:
"Every mathematician believes that he is ahead over all others. The reason why they don't say this in public, is because they are intelligent people."