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Re:Science, technology and innovation isn’t addressing world... by yawnxyz on Saturday October 22, 2022 @08:31PM (#33303453)
Right, my point being I'm working in this field and it's incredibly difficult to get any kind of grant funding for this kind of work.

Gov't funding drives this kind of work, and we spend a lot of time writing grants and getting scant money in this field. I'm a research software engineer making less than I made at my first tech job out of school — is that really what it takes , for people like me to give up making a nice salary at a tech company, to solve these "urgent" problems?

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Re:Science, technology and innovation isn’t addressing world... by walleeee on Saturday October 22, 2022 @10:15PM (#33303958)
similar role with a similar experience

> is that really what it takes, for people like me to give up making a nice salary at a tech company, to solve these "urgent" problems?

after a lot of thought and soul searching I've reluctantly come to think yes, this is at least a start

given pathological incentives some number of people must elect not to be guided by them if anything is to change

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