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You don't always get to work on what you want. Especially if it's outside what's expected in your field.
by terse_malvolio 6y ago
You don't always get to work on what you want. Especially if it's outside what's expected in your field.
- Laakeri 6y agoThis is just life in general. Some people get funding/support for their own ideas and some people do not. I don't think it is specific to academia.
- terse_malvolio 6y agoCorrect. The complete quote: > (waste years and years of their lives) sort of pretending to do research for which they’re not at all well-suited Suggesting that incentives to do research that follows academic tradition do not aligign with the best possible outcomes of independent investigation. Which is what we both point out.