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Re:Young, talented and fed-up: scientists tell their stories by markkat on Thursday October 27, 2016 @12:40PM (#12806674)
I've been in biomedical research for 15 years, and I am leaving the lab atm. Many of my peers are as well. It's not a viable or enjoyable career anymore. Funding is extremely political, and proposal reviews border on arbitrary. Typically, the funding has been decided by seniority and politics, and the review is justification.

I imagine that it will get better eventually, but I can't wait for that to come to pass, and I can't in good conscience advise others to do so.

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Re:Young, talented and fed-up: scientists tell their stories by seanopedia on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:49PM (#12808242)
If you don't mind me asking, are you moving to somewhere in the biomedical industry?
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Re:Young, talented and fed-up: scientists tell their stories by markkat on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:39PM (#12812282)
Yes, I started my own company. Doing something that I have wanted to for a while.
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