From: sunnyesq at ix.netcom.com (sunny N stewart)
> In industry you are evntually rewrded for your work. In academia you
> struggle at the whim and whimsy of a director
>> Sunny Stewart
> (In industry 20 yrs)
I know a number of people who work
for companies and feel unappreciated, and a number of people who
are doing just fine in academe. In a human endeavor
(which science is in any case), there are good and bad
bosses and good and bad places to be, at least as far as the
immediate situation goes.
Admittedly, the "system" in academics appears to be more stacked
against the newcomer or the outsider than in business. I often
find myself looking at the table of contents in the glossier
journals wondering "where's the beef?" (It's usually in the smaller,
less "prestigious" journals under new and unfamiliar names!)
In industry, the system appears more open to the idea that the new
and unfamiliar name can have a terrific idea and carry it out
better than the networked young/old boys.
I will say that of all my former colleagues whom I run into at
meetings,the one who seems most truly happy is the one
working for a big pharmaceutical company.
--
-susan
:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;
DON'T REPLY to the email address in header.
It's an anti-spam. Use the one below.
:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;
S L Forsburg, PhD forsburg at salk.edu
Molecular Biology and Virology Lab
The Salk Institute, La Jolla CA
http://flosun.salk.edu/~forsburg/lab.html
:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;
"These are my opinions. I don't have
time to speak for anyone else."
:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;
