and what exactly is this "whiz" kid capable of doing that you and I cant
gedy · 3h ago
I suppose I’d rather hire 250 bright kids with $1 million package each instead, but I suppose it gets pr.
atomicnumber3 · 3h ago
Just glancing through the article, it seems like this person is a doctor of philosophy (hardly a "kid") and their doctorate is literally in the exact thing that everyone is throwing gobs and gobs of cash at. And I guess Meta (et al) sense that literal empires are at stake here, so this is probably just how much money that's worth to them.
48terry · 3h ago
> doctor of philosophy (hardly a "kid")
Media has this strange need for fully-grown responsible adults to be thought of as children. Not only for the amazing stories of "this (mid-30s career professional) kid did something", but also helpful to try and shirk responsibility.
Thinking about attempts to frame SBF as a wee smol bean kid in over his head while actively committing fraud.
saulpw · 2h ago
Ph.D. dropout.
burnt-resistor · 1h ago
For almost every Doctorate except for a few who really want to become postdocs or somehow win the tenure lottery, there is a generally an economic disincentive to completing it.
bsder · 2h ago
Taking immediately available cash instead of finishing a PhD is almost always a good economic decision (we'll leave aside the fact that a PhD is almost always a disastrously bad economic decision).
You can always go back and finish your PhD later.
NHQ · 2h ago
Thats only 25M in 2025 dollars.
burnt-resistor · 1h ago
Still not enough to afford the house I grew up in in San Jose.
Media has this strange need for fully-grown responsible adults to be thought of as children. Not only for the amazing stories of "this (mid-30s career professional) kid did something", but also helpful to try and shirk responsibility.
Thinking about attempts to frame SBF as a wee smol bean kid in over his head while actively committing fraud.
You can always go back and finish your PhD later.