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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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People mostly only accept the extremely shitty working conditions of the research industry if they have at least one of a lot of passion, extreme egomania, or independent wealth. Preferably more than one. Most of the people doing a research career do at least start out with a lot of passion.
Yeah. If you talked to any of these people toiling away in obscurity, they would never in a million years describe their work as boring. To an outsider, maybe.
its was 85% boring work and 15% interesting work. You cant just ignore the foundational work and that stuff doesnt just handle itself.
I can confirm.
Source: I lack passion (for research topics), and I lack independent wealth, and I direct my egomania in healthier directions than research.
I'll get into research when it pays better (likely never).