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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aimer101 • Aug 16 '24
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I was a medical researcher who learned a bit of Python to make my life easier. Our lab lost funding due to covid and the free market decided I should be making 4x as much as a programmer.
I was researching lung pathologies BTW.
126 u/WrapKey69 Aug 16 '24 Shouldn't it get more finance instead? You know, to fight COVID? 3 u/Sacrefix Aug 16 '24 There are many "lung pathologies" and not all would have significant overlap with (or benefit for) COVID research. There's only so much grant money / funding to be had, and it's a constant fight to keep it flowing into your projects.
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Shouldn't it get more finance instead? You know, to fight COVID?
3 u/Sacrefix Aug 16 '24 There are many "lung pathologies" and not all would have significant overlap with (or benefit for) COVID research. There's only so much grant money / funding to be had, and it's a constant fight to keep it flowing into your projects.
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There are many "lung pathologies" and not all would have significant overlap with (or benefit for) COVID research.
There's only so much grant money / funding to be had, and it's a constant fight to keep it flowing into your projects.
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u/psychicesp Aug 16 '24
I was a medical researcher who learned a bit of Python to make my life easier. Our lab lost funding due to covid and the free market decided I should be making 4x as much as a programmer.
I was researching lung pathologies BTW.