Re:Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story (2018)
by brnt on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:02AM
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Thought I fully agree with your sentiment, I found working as a coder/scientist in a renowned hospital a braindeadening experience. On all sides walled in by commerce and vested interests, there is very, very, very little room for innovation. If there was, you'd be selected to be painting within the lines set out for you. Papers were glorified changelogs, and rather unsubstantive ones at that. I got very close to a burnout, on account of the vacuousness of the work. Personal marketing was the job, not actually coming up with better ways of doing things.
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Re:Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story (2018)
by canadianfella on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:07AM
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> If there was, you'd be selected to be painting within the lines set out for you.
What does that mean?
Re:Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story (2018)
by brnt on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:20AM
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Larger 'innovative' projects ostensibly run by young researchers are often projects the institute/professor had already planned and done some (mental/political) groundwork for, rarely (ie never) were they on the intiative of the young researcher. Bandwidth for personal input from the young researcher was in practice very limited. Might have been a peculiarity of the department, afaik they attracted very few with their own money (and thus their own direction).
The further you are from the clinic and thus the bread and butter of the massively overpriced commercial instrumentation makers, the more freedom there is. So, whatever you choose, your impact is limited. If you want to make a real difference, my impression was that you better cozy up to industry or step over altogether.