Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> See, I don't give a **** about solving real-world problems. I only care 
> about solving "interesting" problems. ;-)

What's interesting? Compiler optimization? Mathematics?

> I don't think anybody is "working" with Haskell. (As in, getting paid 
> money to use it.) I could be wrong, but it seems pretty rare.

The guy writing GHC is getting paid for it, isn't he?

In any case, by the time I graduated, I was pretty sick of the field I was 
studying. I went to interview at Bellcore, and they talked to me about it, 
and I said "I'm pretty sick of it, really."  And they asked "What would be 
more interesting?"  I said "Dunno. Multimedia?"  And that's where I got a job.

It's not like you're stuck in that field forever.

> Several thousand pounds in debts?

Get someone else to pay for it.

> Several years of my life? 

You don't lose years of life getting a PhD. You spend them. (It's not like 
you can save them up.)

> Possibly my sanity? :-} (Did you *see* the links I posted?)

Yes. And you know what? Those are people who picked a bad advisor. Pick an 
advisor who is motivated to get you to graduate, and he'll help you do so.

> Meh. I tried making a list of cool things, and it ended up having 
> entries like "complex numbers. Because you can calculate stuff with 
> them!" Pretty retarded, eh?

Not really. Keep going, is all. Spend some time thinking about it. You're 
not going to come up with the cool stuff yourself in a couple hours.

Now when you read stuff for fun, think about "why is this fun? What's cool 
about it?"  Give it a couple of weeks of gathering cool stuff.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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