I am a researcher working in an industrial research lab who is in the process of changing careers (with research being more of a hobby rather than something tha

I am a researcher working in an industrial research lab who is in the process of changing careers (with research being more of a hobby rather than something that’s subject to performance reviews) due to my disagreements with the short-term focus of upper management and the constant pressure to “deliver value” on a regular basis. This post from Answer.ai was quite timely for me, and I am rooting for the lab to succeed! We need more research institutions that are free from either short-term business demands or the “publish or perish” system of academic research. Such freedom will encourage more ambitious, riskier research that could potentially have a greater payoff for our field and for society in general. I hope that Answer.ai will prove to be a successful model that balances business concerns with the risk-taking and exploration that comes with great research. If Answer.ai is successful, this will give me hope in the future of long-term research.