> Biology is a capital-intensive endeavour Or, looking at it another way, software is a uniquely capital-light endeavor. Many people who have been in the indu

> Biology is a capital-intensive endeavour Or, looking at it another way, software is a uniquely capital-light endeavor. Many people who have been in the industry for a few years have enough savings that they could just quit their job and try whatever crazy idea they have without any external funding. You can't do that in biology, or most other fields for that matter. Part of the reason software companies pay such high salaries is to make this option less attractive.