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Economically, can such a life exist anymore? Two masters degrees, a pure R&D job at Bell Labs, earned enough for a nice house in Cambridge, MA, to raise a famil
by javajosh 11y ago
Economically, can such a life exist anymore? Two masters degrees, a pure R&D job at Bell Labs, earned enough for a nice house in Cambridge, MA, to raise a family. Are there any young men (or women) on a similar path? And if so, what are the organizations involved? (The closest analog would be the startup scene, but the primary "R&D" for startups is usually either done or just needing to be tweaked for market fit.)
- cushychicken 11y agoI'd imagine the closest modern analogue to Bell Labs would be Google X. (Or whatever they're calling it now after the Alphabet reorg.) They have a lot of the same hallmarks - huge company in a backbone industry that can afford to pay top dollar for the smartest folks they can find. From what I understand about their internal cultures, it sounds like there's plenty of similarities there as well - loose oversight, just the directive to make Cool Stuff.
- BostonEnginerd 11y agoThis is one of the things that really concerns me! It's really no longer possible for one person to work a "normal" job and afford a house/condo in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville, etc. Now it takes two doctors living together to get anywhere.