
How many of you doing research as a passion not for survial
#1
Posted 09 April 2009 - 07:38 PM
#2
Posted 09 April 2009 - 07:49 PM
#3
Posted 09 April 2009 - 07:56 PM
How many of you really are doing research as a passion instead of for survival, and really believe what you are doing is going to solve some real problem. I believe over 90% of us will respond "no" including myself.
me, yes

I worked as a volunteer technician for 6 months, then worked as a fully self-funded PhD student for 2 years in the same lab.
If it is not for passion, I would do a MBA instead...
A small investment company offered to pay for my MBA tuition and gave me a brand new BMW if I do MBA and continue working in their company.
#4
Posted 10 April 2009 - 06:11 AM
How many of you really are doing research as a passion instead of for survival, and really believe what you are doing is going to solve some real problem. I believe over 90% of us will respond "no" including myself.
me, yes
I worked as a volunteer technician for 6 months, then worked as a fully self-funded PhD student for 2 years in the same lab.
If it is not for passion, I would do a MBA instead...
A small investment company offered to pay for my MBA tuition and gave me a brand new BMW if I do MBA and continue working in their company.
It is quite hard to keep that passion like you. I guess most of people doing research for survival. Although I like doing research, I have to say that it is also for survival. I live on it and I make money from it. It is my job. I can not do the same thing as what Minnemouse did because I need money to live. But I like it. So, It is Ok for me because my job is my interest.
Edited by haiyan, 10 April 2009 - 06:12 AM.
#5
Posted 10 April 2009 - 03:55 PM
....okay, I'm sick of research


#6
Posted 12 April 2009 - 01:34 AM
me, yes
I worked as a volunteer technician for 6 months, then worked as a fully self-funded PhD student for 2 years in the same lab.
If it is not for passion, I would do a MBA instead...
A small investment company offered to pay for my MBA tuition and gave me a brand new BMW if I do MBA and continue working in their company.
it would be easy to self-fund my phd if my dad owned the largest amusement parks in the world (ie disneyland, disneyworld and eurodisney)

i also do it for passion, however, i get paid to do this, so it could be considered to be done for survival, no charity is supporting me economically. and i think it's not worth it to do a phd only as a job, too much frustration involved, as minnie suggests do an MBA instead if you're after money...
#7
Posted 13 April 2009 - 05:52 PM
But happiness and fulfilment is more important than money and material things to me

#8
Posted 14 April 2009 - 03:00 AM
How many of you really are doing research as a passion instead of for survival, and really believe what you are doing is going to solve some real problem. I believe over 90% of us will respond "no" including myself.
For me it's all about the passion!

But I fear that I may have to turn to survival mode and turn to Industry if the "credit crunch" can no longer feed my passion.

Clare
#9
Posted 14 April 2009 - 09:28 AM
ok, you need to survive and make your living somehow, but if netron is right there should be enough space for them....for the others there are BMWs and MBAs

But serious: if you do not like what you are doing....you spend most of the time of your life at work; it is horrible to imagine that 90 % of the people out there are only thinking when to go home and really start living


#10
Posted 01 May 2009 - 06:50 AM
How it works ? why it works? etc. it's all part of the game.
If u do research , i think it's better to do it with the right reason.
Because when other ppl are doing the same thing everyday, you're finding and discovering new knowledge.
i do it because i don't know and i want to know.
it's 10.46pm and i am still in the lab lol on a public holiday.
#11
Posted 05 May 2009 - 10:26 AM
I do it because i wanna know my answer. Curiosity brings me this far and along with curiosity comes the passion.
How it works ? why it works? etc. it's all part of the game.
If u do research , i think it's better to do it with the right reason.
Because when other ppl are doing the same thing everyday, you're finding and discovering new knowledge.
i do it because i don't know and i want to know.
it's 10.46pm and i am still in the lab lol on a public holiday.
Hehe, I get that!
So for me it's passion and also curiosity. YES, I want my results to solve problems! YES, I want to cure illness and save the wolrd

I'm doing my masters right now, in the industry, and so I'm fairly new and unconsumed.
But I know, if it wasn't for passion but survival, I would do something that earns more money... e.g. driving a cab

As said earlier : what endure all this for??
#12
Posted 06 May 2009 - 08:24 AM

Passion it is. Not saving the world - despite my signature I do not believe I have such power - but boy I do loooove puzzles.
I went from idealistic passion through lots of dissapointments and passion again.
Of course, sometimes it is a love/hate relationship, but old marriages have it like that.
A warm feeling from job well done and paycheck every month is a good thing, too, but if I desperately wanted more money, I'd move somewhere else.
Edited by Telomerase, 06 May 2009 - 08:26 AM.
#13
Posted 06 July 2009 - 05:56 AM

Edited by themoon, 06 July 2009 - 06:04 AM.
#14
Posted 07 July 2009 - 07:09 AM
Albert Einstein
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.
Marie Curie
#15
Posted 07 July 2009 - 09:36 AM
