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I'm not interested in risking any of my money in a gamble with an employer.

The coin toss question is also mostly psychological. It is an issue of self worth. I would ask for 100 + 1 for every set of tosses he wanted to play. No effort to cooperate should be in vain.

I haven't read all replies in this thread, but I would take double my money. It's an interview question for a job. They are really asking if you want more money now or later. The answer is "now".

I think the real question is how profitable a $100 business can become if done really well, and how big a waste of time a really terrible one can be. People with expertise in a subject or a flair for creative writing can make decent money on FREE blog hosts. Let's not forget about how FREE an...

There are jobs in the industry that require a PhD, but they also require experience. You should find out if you are as gifted in the work place as you are in school before you commit to either or both the job and the PhD. If you know you want the PhD, get one. If you know you want to be a...

I searched through Craigslist jobs in Richmond yesterday and happened to see an open source job as an example, here. I know it isn't what you want and probably not where you want it to be, but it pays $95K, or at least it is supposed to, and in Richmond that is AMAZING.

I have a choice between an economic history of the 20th century course and a beginning principles of banking and finance course. Knowing I can think for myself, I'm taking Banking and Finance to later prepare me for Corporate Finance. Why? I'll be the first to tell you the system needs to...

Hacking is not impossible. A person doesn't need good test scores or ethics to be a great hacker. I know a trader who hacked himself a pay raise upwards of $20/hr in college and continued working the job for three years before his check was flagged. His mother worked for the same company, and...

The First Amendment should definitely prevail in the area of printed works. As far as what intellectual hating right wing fascists can say... doesn't matter, they aren't for equal rights in the first place.

Apply at Rutgers. Call them tomorrow and ask the same questions you asked here. I think your chances of attending a top MFE in the same state are better in your situation. Rutgers has undoubtedly admitted students from your school to multiple programs, and is not unfamiliar with performance...

Germany offers PhDs for free at all public institutions, and there are a group of international programs taught exclusively in English without any German language requirement. Some allow dissertations written in German or English, but are taught in English. PhD Position Postings in Germany...