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What is the cost of forcing researchers to spend all this time piecing together little bits of money? Perhaps a bit off topic, but it seems like the poor guy h
by MattGaiser 6y ago
What is the cost of forcing researchers to spend all this time piecing together little bits of money?
Perhaps a bit off topic, but it seems like the poor guy has to spend a lot of time not doing research.
- nickff 6y agoAlmost every organization which produces a valuable products spends a great deal of resources convincing others to pay for continued production. This applies to researchers, software development companies, and integrated circuit manufacturers.
- MattGaiser 6y agoFair enough. It just never occurred to me that research labs might be just like running a company, except with no potential profitable upside.
- jessriedel 6y agoThere is substantial potential upside for researchers, it's just not monetary.
- speedgoose 6y agoMost researchers I know spend more time not doing research. Competing for project funding is extremely time consuming. I personally left research mostly for this reason, I was asked to spend more and more time not doing actual research but finding funding and I suck at it and I don't like it.