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> I'd love to try grad school, as a research career seems more fulfilling and helpful to humanity (compared to most companies) Most research is done simply to
by goalieca 5y ago
> I'd love to try grad school, as a research career seems more fulfilling and helpful to humanity (compared to most companies)
Most research is done simply to publish. The methods don’t even really have to work outside of your small dataset. Call me jaded, but my peers used to idolize the geniuses in industry who built way more advanced stuff than we had been working on.
Now I’m in industry and I’ve found a place that I feel does make the world a better place and I’m happier that my contributions matter.
- andi999 5y agoYes, the stuff applied/invented in industry has to work and generate a benifit. In academia I see it often that people stop after the proof of principle (which if the dataset is too small only appears to be a proof of principle)