> You should absolutely try to work for a monopoly if at all possible. I did, and I agree that there are possibilities. They aren't nearly always available - R

> You should absolutely try to work for a monopoly if at all possible. I did, and I agree that there are possibilities. They aren't nearly always available - R&D departments in Microsoft or Google are very different than their cash cow departments. I wonder if the former justify the latter. It's not enough, say, to be a PhD to get into those departments, so only minority of engineers can indulge themselves working there.