2 ms·
the scientists say the proposed Ellis institute is essential to avoid brain drain to big tech firms They don’t say tho’ the mechanism by which it will accompli
by gaius 9y ago
the scientists say the proposed Ellis institute is essential to avoid brain drain to big tech firms
They don’t say tho’ the mechanism by which it will accomplish this. What’s in it for the individual researchers who choose this path over an industry job? ITER only exists because there is no well-funded private-sector fusion research. If Musk or Bezos or Gates entered that game it and CERN would evaporate overnight.
I’m no AI guru but I’m a pretty decent infra engineer who can wrangle storage and compute at scale, and they’ll need people like that too, why would someone like me choose this path? What’s the offer?
Genuinely curious.
- molteanu 9y agoWell, a nice office in a "culturally rich city with dozen of events, museums and world-class cuisine"?! Like it's done for all other industries. Some nice polished marketing and the fear of missing out if you don't go to the place where all the "exciting things happen".
- gaius 9y agoWell, a nice office in a "culturally rich city with dozen of events, museums and world-class cuisine"?! I have been thinking about this today, and I'd take a cut in pay of say 25% in exchange for a private office in which to do interesting work, and absolute job security followed by a final salary pension. The way it used to be. But that actual deal would be a pay cut to 25%, crammed into a office too dingy for Civil Servants, at risk of being TUPE'd at the drop of a hat. No thanks.