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00:00 What is your recommendation to students who I'm sure email you this question all the time. I was curious about doing mathematics. I'm really passionate about the subject, but seeing all the progress you guys are making. I don't know if it makes sense for me to pursue this as a career. Even prei, it feels very important for any job that you're going to go into.
00:14 You should understand where the money is coming from and like what value you're actually adding. And I think often like a surprisingly small amount of thought is put towards that. Especially students, they probably want to go into math because they've always been good at it and they've just been rewarded in life for like proceeding through the next hoop correctly and next step.
00:29 And when they think they want to be a mathematician, it's because it's a version of getting to continue to engage with that rather than thinking like what value am I adding to other people and to what extent is that like the reason that salary is flowing in my direction. I mean, I actually think teaching is one of the most stable post AGI jobs that there is because it's so relational and it goes so far beyond explanations.
00:46 Like even if LLMs are good explainers, the thing that a teacher is doing is such a social like coaching mentor type thing that [music] that's probably one of the most stable careers that's going to exist over the next 50 years. Know where the money is coming from. Know where you plug into that.