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How to Choose Between Passion and Pragmatism in Research

My lab is about to lose funding and my advisor suggested I switch to a project I have no passion for because it's more likely to get grants.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You have to choose between the work you love and the work that's more likely to keep you afloat.

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