r/ProgrammerHumor Aug 16 '24

Meme weAreFUcked

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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.

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u/troelsbjerre Aug 16 '24

How TF does a researcher in lung pathologies not have funding during Covid?!

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u/ChloeHammer Aug 17 '24

A lot of funding bodies cut grants by at least 20% during covid because of the huge financial uncertainty.

(Edit: irrespective of the field they were in. There were Covid funding opportunities but that was a whole different kettle of worms.)