Allison Bishop - Computer Scientist, Writer, Comedian. President and Co-Founder, Proof Trading.
Growth & Failure
The Importance of Computer Science in My PhD
Math separates into two subfields. Some of them have very complicated objects, and then you prove relatively simple theorems about them. So I was pretty underwhelmed by the potential impact of the things that were being studied. And so I ended up switching halfway through my PhD to be in the computer science department - which meant doing all of the requirements again from scratch.
00:00
Transcript
Play full episode
Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts
Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
