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Not OP but a thing to consider: the training the junior members gain from the process is valuable too. Those 30 papers may not amount to much, but if even one
by foobarian 4y ago
Not OP but a thing to consider: the training the junior members gain from the process is valuable too. Those 30 papers may not amount to much, but if even one of the primary authors ends up with Nobel-caliber work once in their career, was that worth it?
- ProjectArcturis 4y agoAre those junior members learning to do Nobel-caliber work or are they learning to pad their CVs by publishing tons of low-impact papers?
- version_five 4y agoAre those the only two options?
- foobarian 4y agoTherein lies the rub. It depends a lot on the person. There are tons of tenured professors who kick back and don't do much, and then there are those who can't help but keep working hard. I think the hope is that you will luck into getting some of the latter in your group, so even if training the others might end up a waste, some will end up successful. Kind of like the VC model.
- lostlogin 4y ago> if even one of the primary authors ends up with Nobel-caliber work once in their career, was that worth it? It would seem likely that the answer to that is yes, and that none got the prize and it wasn’t worth it.