Too Long; Didn't Read
A little more than a year ago I received <a href="http://inspirehep.net/record/1636916" target="_blank">my Ph.D.</a> in theoretical particle physics with no clear plans for the future but strong intention to do something else, something more applied. For the last 4 years of my life, I have been around academics for whom the standard way out of academia is to settle in a cozy analytics job, work 8 to 5, earn a paycheck, go home and sleep tight.