Poverty and social background remain huge barriers in scientific careers
As I write this, there are just a small number of comments, all saying &quot;there&#x27;s no money in research&quot; and &quot;scientists are paid less than McDonald&#x27;s burger flipper&quot;. It&#x27;s like a whole section of disgruntled grad students who wanted to be professors. There is tons of money in science! People who &quot;fail out&quot; of or never wanted to pursue the stupid academic dream become active in patent law, become managers at pharma and biomed companies, oversee quality control at chemical firms, write documentation for medical devices, run labs, work as lab techs. These are all good jobs compared to the jobs the majority of Americans are qualified for.<p>Seems like HN has a very warped view, this view that &quot;there&#x27;s no money in research&quot; means some poor kid is better off flipping burgers into her 50s than becoming a lab manager.