Lablit Survey – why leave science?

Posted on April 9, 2007 by | 4 Comments

Do the survey for this week and let me and John know how you answered and why:

Most likely reason a scientist will leave research?
Can’t find a permanent position
Desires to earn a higher salary
Sees no correlation between hard work and eventual success
Wants to make a greater impact on society
Feels love of science could be better expressed in another career

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4 responses to “Lablit Survey – why leave science?”

  1. kate's avatar kate | April 9, 2007 at 3:26 pm |

    ooph, a bit depressing, isn’t that?
    how about “why do you stay in science?” 🙂
    wasn’t sure if the survey was our perceptions, or our personal reasons…would be an interesting distinction to make.
    (excellent daily kos, by the way…thx)

  2. el-jaguar's avatar el-jaguar | April 9, 2007 at 4:18 pm |

    Well, I left research, and though every one of the reasons had some influence on my decision, it was mainly because after 5 years of very hard work my thesis was going nowhere. Blame me and my really awfull director…
    Kate, your comment is interesting: a lot of colleagues and friends asked me why I was leaving science. My answer is allways the same: I left research. Science is still the love of my life… I’m just courting her in a different way these days.

  3. csrster's avatar csrster | April 10, 2007 at 4:39 am |

    “Too lazy to do the amount of work needed to get a permanent position” in my case 🙂

  4. Janne's avatar Janne | April 10, 2007 at 8:48 am |

    I haven’t actually left yet, but it’s not unlikely and the reason will be the inability to get a stable position – or to get temporary positions where I can work to fully qualify for one – in the city where I now have a family.