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coherentpony
on July 8, 2017
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Ask HN: What’s the biggest difference between prof...
Academics aren't paid to code. Academics are paid to do research.
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threatofrain
on July 8, 2017
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Maybe this is unusual, but I've seen labs hire CS grad students to write their code. I always assumed this was widespread practice.
yamalight
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That is usually done for large research projects that collaborate with industry and require high quality code (e.g. EU-funded project "HOBBIT";
https://project-hobbit.eu/
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