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Andrés E. Caicedo
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In the tradition of answering a question with a question: what is the point of the original poster's query? Your interests are either broad or they are not. Either way, you don't have to worry about what might have been. And, since the point of being a professional (academic) mathematician is to do whatever interests you at someone else's expense, it would seem unwise to tailor your interests to those of some (probably mythical) hiring committee.

In the tradition of answering a question with a question: what is the point of the original poster's query? Your interests are either broad or they are not. Either way, you don't have to worry about what might have been. And since the point of being a professional (academic) mathematician is to do whatever interests you at someone else's expense, it would seem unwise to tailor your interests to those of some (probably mythical) hiring committee.

In the tradition of answering a question with a question: what is the point of the original poster's query? Your interests are either broad or they are not. Either way, you don't have to worry about what might have been. And, since the point of being a professional (academic) mathematician is to do whatever interests you at someone else's expense, it would seem unwise to tailor your interests to those of some (probably mythical) hiring committee.

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Igor Rivin
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In the tradition of answering a question with a question: what is the point of the original poster's query? Your interests are either broad or they are not. Either way, you don't have to worry about what might have been. And since the point of being a professional (academic) mathematician is to do whatever interests you at someone else's expense, it would seem unwise to tailor your interests to those of some (probably mythical) hiring committee.