To put it bluntly, science costs money, and persuading people who control money to spend that money is itself a skill.
Or, zooming out, science requires resources: physical commodities, equipment, the skilled labor of entire teams. The most effective way to marshal those resources is with money, and management/sales skills are necessary to get those resources working together in concert.
Liz@midwest.social 5 months ago
I’m trying to imagine a job where being a disagreeable antisocial recluse is an advantage and I’m coming up blank.
MadBigote@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That is hardly the idea the author is trying to give…
penguinsAreRapists@lemmy.world 5 months ago
IT Business Analyst
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 months ago
IT is super hierarchical and requires immense political skills to get anything done.
Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
So… truck driver or IT?
spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My cousin works (sometimes) as a truck driver. He’s certified for any size truck, flammable/biohazardous goods, the lot. He’d be making good money if he could stop telling his bosses to fuck off.
I was in IT for 20 years. In order to succeed, I had to become 50% therapist.
Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Am currently in IT, can confirm.
sigezayaq@startrek.website 5 months ago
Overnight security guard
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Owner of Twitter?