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I would be willing to bet money that there are literally 0 tier-1 tenured research professors that didn't make significant contributions 'on their own' before b
by cat199 7y ago
I would be willing to bet money that there are literally 0 tier-1 tenured research professors that didn't make significant contributions 'on their own' before becoming PI's in the US. (although 'on their own' is questionable anyway since this was probably in someone else's lab)..
- m0zg 7y agoYes, they've made those contributions in the past. By the time they become professors they're mostly mooching off their grad students' work.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoA nicer way to put it would be they're managing and directing research projects. Also makes it easier to poach info from multiple research streams...