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I've seen firsthand evidence that jumping between subfields of a given discipline can have great results. A couple of the seminal papers in our field came from
by santaclaus 10y ago
I've seen firsthand evidence that jumping between subfields of a given discipline can have great results. A couple of the seminal papers in our field came from super senior researchers moving into simply different areas.
- im3w1l 10y agoCorrelation doesn't imply causation. Maybe they got a very promising idea and chased it into a different subfield? Or maybe there is a filter effect where only the brightest and most ambitious can be bothered to change fields.