>However, in the 2000s and especially in the 2010s, these jobs became increasingly rare. These jobs became rare because academia took them. The pie may have g

>However, in the 2000s and especially in the 2010s, these jobs became increasingly rare. These jobs became rare because academia took them. The pie may have grown or shrunk a bit but mostly what happened is that instead of running this stuff in house BigCo will sponsor or parter with some university lab or research program. I haven't crunched the numbers but I suspect that they get better write offs this way.