> There’s something seemingly dysfunctional in academia that made you get the best degree in quantum physics and then not work in quantum physics.

The following article is the best example of the above quote.

https://nautil.us/what-does-any-of-this-have-to-do-with-phys... What Does Any of This Have To Do with Physics? Einstein and Feynman ushered me into grad school, reality ushered me out.