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Are there places like this today? How do I join such a place?

• Shamiq 18y ago
  A product of by-gone years. If I recall correctly, some of these companies subsidize research at universities. I think your best bet would be to find an institute that's doing stuff you like, or has faculty you want to be around, and get associated with them.
  • yters 18y ago
    Do people do independent research anymore, or is it just too likely they'll reinvent the wheel, lack resources and information, and not receive useful guidance? I'm interested in the university route, but it seems like there isn't as much freedom as in the case of bell labs.
• pchristensen 18y ago
  My understanding is that the telephone monopoly is what made basic research so valuable to the company. They had a long horizon (b/c of no competition) and use for lots of innovation (lots of technical challenges in a huge market). Deregulation -> competition -> shorter time horizons and smaller scope -> no more Golden Age Bell Labs. Kind of sad, even though I assume we're better off post-deregulation.