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by dfdz 1520 days ago
There are about 30 million coders in the world [1]

And about 80 thousand mathematicians [2]

So about 375 individuals programming for every 1 person writing proofs

If we assume this configuration is optimal, then my answer to your question is that if you had a group of 10000 people who like programming and proofs and have 9983 program and 27 write proofs this would be the best way to “accomplish more in life”

[1] https://www.future-processing.com/blog/how-many-developers-a...

[2] https://mathoverflow.net/questions/5485/how-many-mathematici...