it depends. I've been in science support roles where people are genuinely grateful for the help, and its _really_ interesting to get to peek in on people's rese

it depends. I've been in science support roles where people are genuinely grateful for the help, and its _really_ interesting to get to peek in on people's research. it depends on the role. it worked out really well for me when I got to drop in and do piece work on lots of projects in different fields. working on a larger software development project can be really painful and demoralizing because the people running it don't really understand how the sausage gets made.