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This. I am a PI. What I spent my day doing was dealing with managerial tasks, fiddly stuff for funding applications, etc. I got to actually code for a whole
by Fomite 4y ago
This.
I am a PI.
What I spent my day doing was dealing with managerial tasks, fiddly stuff for funding applications, etc.
I got to actually code for a whole day last week, and it was marvelous. It was also only possible because it was an all-hands-on-deck, everything else can wait situation.
- killjoywashere 4y agoI spent like 10 total hours writing analytical code in 2020; maybe another 100 hours of analytic design. The rest was meetings, politics, coordination. I got a national award and millions in funding. I would trade it for more time playing with the puzzles. Do I feel good that my people got published and covered rent, hit major life goals (marriages, home purchases)? Yes. But, man, do I wish I got to do more science…