I left academia (in the humanities) to pursue work in tech. Most of this rings true. My experience is that a.) a lot of exciting work is invisible to academia a

I left academia (in the humanities) to pursue work in tech. Most of this rings true. My experience is that a.) a lot of exciting work is invisible to academia and b.) to wing it without an institution is certainly a question of money but primarily of time and focus (disciplines and research projects will obviously vary on this front).