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What is it like working as a Research Scientist?
April 2017
Low cost of living, Low pay scale, Not cultural.
Research Scientist in Dayton:
Pros: There are a lot of outdoors activities such as bicycling, kayaking, hiking available in the surrounding areas.
The risk/pay has been good enough to keep me to stay.
Cons: It's s dying city that attracts people who are attracted to the low cost of living. But, the salaries are also low. In the end, you put aside less money each year and can get stuck here.
Almost no cultural development. The mid-west is very conservative and people tend to like routines, rather than creative expression or innovation. Dayton is no exception to this.
Housing is either fairly priced or overpriced, so the investment value of buying a home is not there.
Everybody over 25 is married or not interested in it.
November 2016
Research Scientist:
Pros: Flexible schedule, helps the world, location.
Cons: Low pay, Strange hours sometimes, Travel around city during work, coworker, No overtime pay, Limited funding for research.
February 2016
Area standard of living.
Research Scientist:
Use caution on area cost of living info from placement agency.
February 2016
Study Hard and Work Hard.
Research Scientist:
First, study long and hard in your education. Then, put a lot of time and effort in your work. Trust yourself, and don't stifle your own creative ideas or ideas for teaming with other people and groups. Show your employer that you are willing to put in the time to do a job well, including after hours if need be, within reason. Keep communication good with your employer and try to work well with other people. You will succeed!
January 2016
Variety of work.
Research Scientist:
Pros: Independently working, seeing a study through from start to finish, satisfaction of completing tasks to a high standard, variety of work.
Cons: Not getting recognition for hard work and extra time spent, including overtime and long hours.
January 2016
Being research scientist.
Research Scientist:
Pros: Opportunity for higher studies, infrastructure facilities for the project and for new ideas.
Cons: There is no proper guidance for the project follow up. From design and development, data analysis, implementation of the algorithm, report writing, writing proposals for new projects is done by a single person.
January 2016
Working in a multidiciplinary team.
Research Scientist:
Working in Industry is very different to working at University. In Industry you are part of a multidisciplinary team, where many people work on the same project. There are tight deadlines in industry depending on the window of opportunity available to the company. It takes time and effort to learn how to work in a team. The best thing you an do is to be prepared to share your knowledge and learn how the other disciplines (both scientific and business) work and how they complement yours.
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