Comments by "bj0rn" (@TheLivirus) on "How to spark your curiosity, scientifically | Nadya Mason" video.

  1. I got to warn you kids that being a researcher comes at a cost. You'll get little job security. Career prospects are pretty poor. It's highly competitive, so you'll probably have to sacrifice private life to get anywhere. You'll probably have to focus on very narrow topics where there's opportunity for publishing rather than where your curiosity really is, and you'll have to spend a considerable chunk of your time begging for funds. You will have an administration over you monitoring your performance in terms of dumb numbers like number of papers published and citations. All of this bullshit aside, it's pretty fun.
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