>>13749684Research doesnt pay much because by definition you dont have a product yet. You are always in a state of "i almost have a product!". And then when you have it you dont partake in the follow up production and marketing. Technically you could say "well, research IS a product!" but the chad business executives will intimidate into not saying anything, if you had drive you would do business and not hide in a lab. They know.
This is 3X worse in unis because people know that academics are actually cowards that never wanted to leave the imagined safety of school. The corporate scientist is above them in terms of courage, but below the business chad that can hop on a plan, talk with other chads and come back with money