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You're using a Wiki, that allows for external contributions, for a personal website. It's slightly logical, but I'm wondering if you actually considered it while building the site.

Your logo is a weasel with expensive taste in wine and ... good bread? Oddly enough, this makes more sense to me then the wiki.

Either way, the site itself is enjoyable, though seldom updated...

Hi! Thanks for leaving a comment. I recently (~6 months ago) converted my personal site to a wiki. The main reason is that I found it was a pain to update my web page, so I would almost never do it. As a wiki, the editing mechanism is sufficiently smooth that I find it easier to update. Though the content doesn't change much, I do find it handy. I've tried it as a sort of quasi-public notebook where I dump ideas I have about some topic (e.g. Properties of morphisms or Artin's criterion for representability), but I don't have a strong argument in favor of this behavior. In part, I just wanted to learn more about wikis and explore the possibilities of the platform.

The fact that it allows for external contributions isn't a problem. Important pages (like the home page, my CV page, or my research page) are protected so that only I can edit them. It did take me several tries to get an effective way to avoid spam (see Working with MediaWiki#Handling Spam).

I can't make much sense of the logo for you. It's a combination of clip art that came with my wife's first computer. For some reason, I started using it as my site logo many years ago, and it stuck.

Anton 16:45, 10 January 2012 (PST)

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Hi Anton, I see that you were doing some really interesting stuff in algebraic geoemtry, why the huge shift to software engineering in google?

Hi. I've been meaning to write up the story, and I hope to do so soon. The short answer is that I didn't get any academic job offers, so I applied for non-academic jobs, and Google offered me an excellent one. Anton 20:20, 4 November 2012 (PST)

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Hi Anton, I think that your situation i.e. going from hardcore pure math to working at google is very interesting and I would be very interested in knowing a little bit more about it. The kind of questions I have in mind are : Do you feel that your background is helping you at google (if you are allowed to do so it would be very nice if you could explain a little bit what it is you do) and if so in what way ? Do you miss math and if yes do you try to keep doing some as a hobby (and if so how do you organize your time) ? Are there many people at google who followed the same path ? Could you maybe explain why you didn't get a job offer because from where I stand it seems like you have a far better resume than a lot of people that I know and did get a job in academia ? Basically anything you can say about your experience would be great.

The reason I ask is that I'm considering pursuing a phd in math (arithmetic geometry) myself and I keep hearing that after a phd in pure math you are very attractive to companies such as google but have never heard of anyone having made the switch, so i'm wondering if it is really true. Obviously I'm hoping to pursue a carreer in academia after my phd but I know it is very hard and i'm trying to be realistic.

Anyway I really like all the ressources on you site so thank you.