Re:Why I'm leaving Harvard (for Google)
by rguzman on Monday November 15, 2010 @05:20PM
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I agree that teaching should not be perceived as "overhead".
However, the best place to do research is within academia (large research universities), where there is a very complete and strong infrastructure to do research. Yes, the system is broken in many ways, but it is still the best.
People who really have a strong passion for teaching and not as much interest in research go teach at universities that specialize in teaching more than in research e.g. Reed College.
Last, at a sufficiently advanced level teaching and research are indistinguishable.
However, the best place to do research is within academia (large research universities), where there is a very complete and strong infrastructure to do research. Yes, the system is broken in many ways, but it is still the best.
People who really have a strong passion for teaching and not as much interest in research go teach at universities that specialize in teaching more than in research e.g. Reed College.
Last, at a sufficiently advanced level teaching and research are indistinguishable.