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Doesn't sound like you're doing any actual science there. What about the guy feeding the scientists or housing them, what about the government for providing roa
by soperj 2y ago
Doesn't sound like you're doing any actual science there. What about the guy feeding the scientists or housing them, what about the government for providing roads and sewage? That's like putting Steve Jobs' name on all the patents that Apple produced.
- ant6n 2y agoDid they? (Put his name in all of Apples patents?)
- bryanlarsen 2y agoSteve Jobs has 1114 patents. Apple has 16240.
- soperj 2y agoso yes.
- ryandrake 2y agoI've worked at at least one company where the managers would routinely name themselves as "inventors" on patent applications, where their subordinates were the ones actually doing the "inventing."
- Yoric 2y agoI've worked at one, too. That felt... disheartening.
- tough 2y agoBut also the best motivator to stop selling your brain to heartless corps and go build your own stuff
- ashoeafoot 2y agoThe true incubators are the ones that you where inside all too long
- Yoric 2y agoBuilding my own stuff: definitely. Doing all the admin work, all the capital raising, etc. needed to build my own stuff: I suspect that this would kill me. Joining a nice startup: been there, done that... will do it again :)
- zamfi 2y ago"Securing the funding" is much closer to the work than "providing roads and sewage". In most sciences, to actually secure the funding, you need to argue for why the problem is important, why the team has a shot at solving it, and what possible approaches look promising. Then you need to actually advise the team in supporting the work.