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> the people solving the problems have conflicting interests as they are paid hourly LOL. No, no they are not. There's a lot of reasons I'm out of that game, and this is one of them. $1400 a month (2010 dollars), unlimited working hours, unlimited international travel. Sound fun? No? > bonuses I think I got a $5 Starbucks gift card once. I guess you could count the free leftover pizza as a "bonus"? To address the heart of your argument, Science is not structured like software engineering, and if you're thinking it is, you're making a lot of mistakes. Scientists often do well as software engineers, should they change careers [waves hand!]; economics aside, software engineers very rarely make good scientists. The mentality is simply different. As regards complexity management and dishonesty; yes, straight-up dishonesty does occur sometimes. We are all human, after all. But science is done in the physical world, and unlike software or mathematics, the physical world does not admit unlimited complexity. So things must be divided up in a manageable way right from the very beginning. On a big experiment, if your little "box" of responsibility does not work, you can and will be replaced. I have seen it done. Even to or by me. (If involved, I have historically been the one doing the replacing; but I've been on the other end, too.) And you will be cross-checked by independent people, if it is critical: I have seen this too. You had better get it right. |