In 2020, Simon Peyton Jones gave an “Ask Me Anything” session at (virtual) PLDI, in which he made a throwaway remark something like this. “I've recently achieved a life goal: I turned 60 and still have nobody who reports to me!” In other words, he doesn't manage anyone and he's happy about that. I'm sure I'm not the only researcher with whom this resonated. It seems pretty clear Simon didn't mean that he doesn't like working with people; he's a prolific collaborator. He also didn't me...
