Virgin scientist
>slaves away for decades at $20k / year
>Forced to waste time grading papers, doing TA / lab assistant work for hungover ME freshmen
>is his advisors bitch
>get on bad terms with the wrong person or take a single step out of line, career ruined
>probably depressed
>has to deal with the bullshit bureaucracy of academia, never gets to research his true passion
>Has to beg for grants like a boy asking his dad for money to buy ice cream
Chad independent researcher
>Used his high intelligence to make the free market work in his favour, has more than enough money from some tech he developed early on to not have to worry about shit and to be able to fund his own endeavours
>Does whatever the fuck he wants
>Researches whatever the fuck he wants
>Isn't held back by wasting time doing menial bullshit completely unrelated to his research
>Can tell people to fuck off
>Doesn't have to publish bullshit just for the citations
>Has sex
>Can afford to make mistakes
>probably has his own (not publicly traded) company built around his research to accelerate progress
>Is able to focus 100% of his energy on his research, thus producing the most profound work
>Complete intellectual freedom
>slaves away for decades at $20k / year
>Forced to waste time grading papers, doing TA / lab assistant work for hungover ME freshmen
>is his advisors bitch
>get on bad terms with the wrong person or take a single step out of line, career ruined
>probably depressed
>has to deal with the bullshit bureaucracy of academia, never gets to research his true passion
>Has to beg for grants like a boy asking his dad for money to buy ice cream
Chad independent researcher
>Used his high intelligence to make the free market work in his favour, has more than enough money from some tech he developed early on to not have to worry about shit and to be able to fund his own endeavours
>Does whatever the fuck he wants
>Researches whatever the fuck he wants
>Isn't held back by wasting time doing menial bullshit completely unrelated to his research
>Can tell people to fuck off
>Doesn't have to publish bullshit just for the citations
>Has sex
>Can afford to make mistakes
>probably has his own (not publicly traded) company built around his research to accelerate progress
>Is able to focus 100% of his energy on his research, thus producing the most profound work
>Complete intellectual freedom
