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I'm not going to underestimate the dedication of football fans. And I do feel someone could get by on £150k if they had to. Obviously they'd need to live an ascetic lifestyle, eating only porridge and drinking only lukewarm water. With luck they'd make it through winter.

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> someone could get by on £150k if they had to

I know you're kinda joking, but it's just so HN :)

It's more than I make, and I own a house! The idea that someone could be a big football fan, but would refuse to take a job making less than the equivalent of that magic $250k a year seems like such a misalignment* of values. I agree that you see it a lot on HN, and elsewhere.

* (pun not intended, but sort of proud of it now)

Of all the ML/AI researchers I know (20+), none of them are football fans. I suppose it could happen but I have not seen it.

I wore their away kit for Halloween this year :D

But I suspect they're just like all the others -- looking for credentialling where it doesn't yet exist.

[Guess we'll find out... not holding my breath for what would be a dream for us both]

You must not know any Indian researchers then. Almost every one I know supports a football club

Huh, I do not. I guess most of the people I know in this space I knew prior to 2015 and the field was not as widely popular back then.

Hiring manager here!

While living off of porridge shouldn’t be necessary, I will say the porridge at the training ground is absolutely top tier.

They'll be given a couple of server racks with GPUs for their tiny London apartment, that should do.

This comment made my day.

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