Comments on: What kind of researcher are you?

Another type might be the serial trend setter -- a research who is quick recognize and understand exiting new ideas as they emerge, helps lay their foundation through early work and moves on.

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When I was funded, I functioned in the mode of an artisan, working on narrowly-defined problems. When I was unfunded, I functioned in the role of a dreamer, working on the hardest problems of our...

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@fred I'm a little bit of a prince except that I dress poorly and I think that I work hard. Sometimes, I can be a politician but it does not happen often. I'm forced into being a manager sometime...

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I would guess that you really consider yourself an entrepreneur, since you describe that the most loosely, with the least "con". This ties into you seeing yourself (forced into) being a manager s...

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So which type are you? :)

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I can't believe the @sarah's comment is real. My institution is trying to start thinking about having all its administrative, research and everything gender neutral. Trouble is that the language ...

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@Sarah Because it is a pain to write "she or he".

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Why are they all "he"?

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Of course you know about Birds and Frogs by Dyson. Both types are necessary. http://www.ams.org/notices/200902/rtx090200212p.pdf

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