Re: mathematician salaries



double d wrote:
> Drs. Chan-Ho Suh and Jesse F. Hughes, who wrote:
> > You said: "We never hire PhD's in finance."
> Your advertisement says "PhD fields sought: Finance".
> > You claim 2 PhDs.
>
> You guys think too literally.

You mean by thinking that a guy who writes:
>> Mark Demers (PhD in Theoretical Physics, PhD in Finance)
>> Co-CEO, EquityValue Investments

wants us to believe he is a PhD in Theoretical
Physics and a PhD in Finance?

Yes, I must admit that if I saw that on a resume, I
would believe that the claim is indeed to have a PhD in
Finance.

> Mark thinks in terms of the real world.

Even in the real world, when you put "PhD in X" on
a resume, it is a claim that you have completed
doctoral requirements for X at some accredited
university, and left a paper trail which can be
validated.

Now in the real world it is certainly the case that
many people put credentials on their resume that
are not verifiable and are patently false. But
nevertheless, it is certainly true in the real
world that writing "PhD in X" amounts to a claim
of having a PhD in X.

> For instance,
> Mark does not have a phd "in finance".

That seems to have been established. Nevertheless,
Mark *claimed* to have a PhD "in finance".

- Randy

.

Relevant Pages