T-Shaped People and Academia

Re:T-Shaped People and Academia by throwawaygh on Sunday January 09, 2022 @10:58AM (#29864357)

I think you've lost the plot. The author is talking about hiring people who already know how to do these things!

This isn't about skills development. It's about using people who already have these skills as engineering support labor for the research group while paying then 1/2 to 1/5th of what they'd make in industry doing equivalent work (that, again, they already know how to do!)

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Re:T-Shaped People and Academia by Topolomancer on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:03AM (#29864399)

Author here---my point is not to exploit cheap labour, but rather to consider more than `$num_papers` when evaluating a CV. Getting a student that can, for instance, foster a culture of 'clean code' can benefit a lab as well. My point is that these people are typically not recognised or rewarded---and that needs to change.

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