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Since when are the sciences "high risk, high reward" fields? They seem like high risk (of not getting one of the few jobs available) for low reward (the jobs t
by ForHackernews 7y ago
Since when are the sciences "high risk, high reward" fields?
They seem like high risk (of not getting one of the few jobs available) for low reward (the jobs that do exist pay extremely poorly compared to writing webapps).
- wpasc 7y agoI agree with your sentiment. I think the high reward would be breaking ground in a field or doing something prize-worthy or money-worthy (turning your research into a company or something). I think the incentives are very misaligned against the hard sciences. This is coming from someone who loved physics in high school and materials science in college, but switched to computer science for economic reasons (I do really enjoy programming, but my first love was for other sciences).