> I thought that was a job in research and development? I know people in private companies that do this. They don't realize it, but they are auto-constraining

> I thought that was a job in research and development? I know people in private companies that do this. They don't realize it, but they are auto-constraining themselves to research that may eventually produce a profit. Example, IBM's research journal: https://www.research.ibm.com/journal/ https://www.research.ibm.com/journal/