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Re:Lessons from my PhD by mcguire on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @05:07PM (#29730700)
"People above you in that chain will accept limited feedback on methods to attain their chosen goals and will greatly resent questions about whether their selected goals are worthwhile/realistic/rational, or whether their gestalt vision of the field's conventional wisdom is correct."

Corporate management has the exact same situation.

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Re:Lessons from my PhD by skj on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:38PM (#29732050)
Yeah but it's a lot easier to not care.
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Re:Lessons from my PhD by xyzzyz on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:12PM (#29733102)
Yeah, in corporate world, at least you're paid to not care, and can change jobs easily. In academia, you're paid shit, and changing labs is not nearly as easy.
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