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Wife is a PhD Animal Geneticist, but works as government inspector on slaughterhouses. Makes 3-4 times the money her research colleagues do. I'm not even sure

• amackera 5y ago
  In every way I think about it, this difference in salary seems justified. I can't imagine inspecting slaughterhouses is very fun or rewarding, but it's super important for society.
  • the_only_law 5y ago
    > I can't imagine inspecting slaughterhouses is very fun or rewarding, but it's super important for society. But I can think of all sorts of jobs that are more important to society than working on some random doomed-to-fail SaaS that won't pay remotely near that.
• lumost 5y ago
  research is a sporadic discipline. A top tier researcher working on a choice problem with relatively predictable returns ( or at least the perception of predictability ) will make substantially more than someone working on a problem of debatable business value or with lower odds of success. In the case of research positions, the funding situation has oversaturated the market in most entry level positions - turning negotiation and career advancement into a trial by fire.