So Many Research Scientists, So Few Openings as Professors
I disagree with the bulk of this article. It certainly varies a lot of by field but in biophotonics I&#x27;ve seen a lot of extremely poor candidates, people who say things like &quot;I don&#x27;t do math&quot;, &quot;I don&#x27;t want to teach&quot;, &quot;MATLAB is for other people&quot;, &quot;I&#x27;m not a biologist so I can&#x27;t explain my work&quot;.<p>When I first started I thought these people sucked, and I was going to be great. What I learned is that the graduate development opportunities are rare, and many of the reason people suck are beyond their control. For example, working on tedious projects or bullshit projects, do to your PI&#x27;s conflict of interest. Or simply put that your research rests on a foundation of lies.<p>So, on one hand we have many people on the other hand we don&#x27;t have many qualified people.