I love research, but I hated most of my PhD. "Publish or perish" attitudes caused a lot of friction for me. I try to be more careful in my research than most,

I love research, but I hated most of my PhD. "Publish or perish" attitudes caused a lot of friction for me. I try to be more careful in my research than most, and I don't care too much about the sheer number of papers I publish. One great paper beats 100 average papers. I also think that the (practical) requirement to bring in external funding severely limits what research can be done. There are a lot of great ideas that don't sound good to people in control of money. My day job doesn't involve any research now. I do research on the side. I am glad that I can do research at my own pace and don't have to ask permission from others before doing research. The main problem is that I don't have a lot of time for my research, but I'm hoping to switch to part-time eventually.