I was once studying for my quals on a plane, poring over this gigantic Bible-like tome of harmonic analysis. Usually, this causes strangers to either avoid me or ask me to help with their Algebra I homework, or else I get subjected to all the reasons they hated math in school. But this time, the guy looked at the book and said "Oh, Stein--what do you think of it?" and when he found out I was a math grad student, he gave me his business card. He was some kind of finance guy, and he said that if I ever decided to give up on academia I should call him.
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I was once studying for my quals on a plane, poring over this gigantic Bible-like tome of harmonic analysis. Usually, this causes strangers to either avoid me or ask me to help with their Algebra I homework, or else I get subjected to all the reasons they hated math in school. But this time, the guy looked at the book and said "Oh, Stein--what do you think of it?" and when he found out I was a math grad student, he gave me his business card. He was some kind of finance guy, and he said that if I ever decided to give up on academia I should call him.
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And that's so funny. It's like the math secret handshake.