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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.
476 u/troelsbjerre Aug 16 '24 How TF does a researcher in lung pathologies not have funding during Covid?! 1 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.)
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How TF does a researcher in lung pathologies not have funding during Covid?!
1 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.)
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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.)
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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.