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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by travisporter on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:14PM (#31757928)
Is the whole patent clerk discovering stuff in their free time still possible? I know people say do what you love etc but I’ve found something I kinda like as a day job but I’d rather be doing astronomy.
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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by sasaf5 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:26AM (#31762432)
Particularly in the case of astronomy, citizen science is important. It probably won't give you an Annus Mirabilis, but might be satisfying.
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