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My father is a chemist and retired head of R&D. When he retired a few years ago, he was managing a bunch of people and was never able to play around with chemi
by sixQuarks 10y ago
My father is a chemist and retired head of R&D. When he retired a few years ago, he was managing a bunch of people and was never able to play around with chemistry himself. After retiring, he built a small lab in the basement, went back to playing around with formulas, and solved some of the biggest challenges in his industry. I'm helping him license some of the new technology he created, he's never been more excited about work.
- firebones 10y agoAre you able to share any more specifics? Or at least translate them into a generic enough description of what he was able to do in the basement that it is relatable here?
- sixQuarks 10y agoWhat he did was very technical. His lab looks like a "mad scientist" lab, but he also built very specific machinery to apply his formula for industrial use/testing. I guess best analogy would be a senior coder, who was promoted to a managerial position and not allowed to work on code. Upon retirement, he created a one-person app/saas company.
- pestaa 10y agoBut a one-person app/saas company is rarely a solution to some of the biggest challenges of an industry. Can you at least specify the field in which your father innovated?