ITT: Stupidest mistake you made during research or at your job.
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>Summer 2020
>Working as a scientist in Polymer Research Laboratory at Medical Device Company, first job out of school.
>Buzzing around running different experiments and analysis on UHMWPE.
>Senior Scientist (who had been working remotely exclusively for the last few months) comes in needing to run an ATR on a glue for another R&D department.
>She is pretty disconnected from the lab so she needs my help to run the ATR
>Simultaneously, a shipment of X-ray irradiated UHMWPE comes in
>I try to separate irradiation doses while assisting her and manage to de-identify the samples
>The irradiation technique was some novel 3-D technique that cost about $16,000 each
>Feel retarded and confront senior scientist about my mistake, she brushes it off
>Company never reinvests in X-ray techniques
Could have changed the industry, did the old switcheroo and now the company looses all interest in research. Feels bad /sci/.
>Working as a scientist in Polymer Research Laboratory at Medical Device Company, first job out of school.
>Buzzing around running different experiments and analysis on UHMWPE.
>Senior Scientist (who had been working remotely exclusively for the last few months) comes in needing to run an ATR on a glue for another R&D department.
>She is pretty disconnected from the lab so she needs my help to run the ATR
>Simultaneously, a shipment of X-ray irradiated UHMWPE comes in
>I try to separate irradiation doses while assisting her and manage to de-identify the samples
>The irradiation technique was some novel 3-D technique that cost about $16,000 each
>Feel retarded and confront senior scientist about my mistake, she brushes it off
>Company never reinvests in X-ray techniques
Could have changed the industry, did the old switcheroo and now the company looses all interest in research. Feels bad /sci/.
