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If the noble of heart can get good work done in academia despite the pressures on them, why can they not get good work done in industry despite the pressures on

• YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago
  Because the "pressures" in industry is that you get fired if you don't do the work you're hired to do. There's still a modicum of "academic freedom" in academia, the freedom to pursue your research interests, whatever those may be. In industry, you pursue your employer's interests and if they are not also your interestes, tough. Speaking in this with the experience of working in the industry for a few years, then going into academia, precisely because I got bored doing other peoples' work and I wanted to do what I'm interested in.