The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.
The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.
They had brains? Oh my!
Some of the cream of the crop. Too bad the Republicans treat all of humanity like they are a crab in a bucket of crabs. They drag everyone down that is trying to ascend to something higher.
I always say they are the North American Taliban. Back to the middle ages.
lol some of us do. For the record I’m one of the people who elected for a different career because the country gives 0 shits about science. PhD stipends are laughable, I make 3-4x that as an entry level tech employee.
I know i meant mostly the government and maga. It’s a tremendous shame that you’re losing the brains in your country because science should be above everything.
I have a clinical doctorate and can make about 110k. I have also chosen to work on a PhD for research in my field. When i finish at the end of the year, my additional doctorate and an entry research job should bring my earning potential to… 110k. Or I can do a post-doc and earn 65k. I can also go into industry and make about 170k. I did my clinical fellowship at NIH and saw the research first hand and know how needed amd impactful it is. Science in this country was already getting strained, under trump it has become a joke.
It’s quite frustrating honestly. Being in the lab, having flexible hours, and solving problems that you often willingly spend your free time doing them are things I miss even if it’s sometimes a grind and the bureaucracy can be annoying. Now I deal with all that except the people I interact with are often not as intellectually oriented and it’s all about profit margins and speed even if I kind of like the job itself. Maybe that’s just the industry I’m in though.