[gtani]

I wasn't clear, that was supposed to be a purely mechanical calculation of amortizing the time costs of preparing for screens and onsites over how much you want the gig, which for me always includes tailoring a resume for each company and other stuff which is basically a waste of time.

You reminded me of the 4th, newest hurdle to getting hired at a lot of places, a decent grounding in linear algebra, prob/statistics, calculus, with the odd category theory curveball question.

I was taught physics the other way, BTW, my Dad decided around 8th grade was the right time to start developing intuitions for ODE's and linear algebra, with illustrations from real life. Made absolutely no sense to me.

[MichaelCrawford]

All I Ever Really Needed To Know About Designing Nuclear Weapons, I Learned In Linear Algebra When I Was Seventeen.

Seriously, a whole lot of Physics really does ultimately distill down to linear algebra.

Just yesterday I learned through an HN link that Statistics is among the top-ten most valued skills among employers. That's implied by listing my physics degree on my resume, but those who don't have a clue about physics won't know that. I'll make it more clear in my next revision.