/* How much time did I spend on my PhD? several ways */ year_hours_estimate = { t2019 = 300 to 500 // only three months t2020 = 800 to 1600 t2021 = 400 to 1000 t2022 = 200 to 600 t2023 = 250 to 300
/* How lucky was I? Bristol was the best I could do. Laurence was the ~best Bristol could do Coauthors lifted me out of the mire Jan covid = top 1% of all publications ever Masks = top 1% Government advise = nearly no phd Citations = top 1%
/* EX POST. The ex ante version should include a 50% chance of dropping out, a 10% chance of serious mental illness, a 70% chance of not publishing any notable results. Subjects other than AI would generally be >10x less knowledge value imo */ income = £106k teaching = £10k costOfTime = 2.7/12 years * $7.1m opportunityCost = $300k to $2m dalyCost =