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by melony 1607 days ago
People who study earthquakes also get paid peanuts.
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tonyedgecombe 1607 days ago
Sometimes they even get sent to jail:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/23/jailing-italia...

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marcosdumay 1607 days ago
Yeah, but learning about earthquakes is a high priority to them.

Learning about dysfunctional organization can be high priority to administrators, not to technical careers. It's basically useless knowledge for technical careers.

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