Subj : how hard can research science be?
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 22:04:00

Hello Charles!

** On Thursday 17.12.20 - 01:58, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:


 CP> I'm probably weird, but money isn't a factor for me when
 CP> considering cushy.

[Thanks for migrating the discussion to CHAT. If the  
conversion were to continue, it may as well be here now.]

Regarding cushy..  I defined what I meant by cushy (meaning,  
work with no concern of lack of wages).  Then you defined it  
differenty (something fun to do).  I understand your  
explanations, but you changed the basis of the discussion of  
what cushy was initially.  ;)


 CP> Doing things I like is cushy.

Exactly.


 AA>> Good.  You have confirmed that they have far less to
 AA>> worry about whilst securing steady pay. Seems to me that
 AA>> they have it very cushy!  ;)

[snip]

 CP> They have to worry about budgets and funding and the like
 CP> as well to guarantee that steady pay.

Those elements are usually the concerns of an administrator or  
project coordinator - and not the concern of someone scraping  
a petri dish, cleaning a test tube, or peering through a  
telescope.


 CP> But as I've said, your idea of a cushy job and mine
 CP> aren't the same.

Understood.  So, the original discussion is something else  
now. I have made my point. I can move on. Besides, I have a  
*lot* of work to do - most certainly more than what a  
researcher needs to worry about.  And.. I cannot be sure how  
much money I'll have for groceries - very much different than  
what a researcher has concern for.  ;)

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