Since you are so poor, why don't you make any money?

 

When I was studying abroad, I went to my guidance professor the next day when I got off the plane. My Guidance Professor graduated from John Hopkins and worked as a scientist at the Bell lab. Later I came to the University to teach, when I was young, I became a professor, and later I became the head of the department. When I was in middle age, I left the university and started my own business. After a few years, I ended up failing, and then I went back to the university to teach.

 

When I first met my boss, I was a foreign professor. Of course, I was very respectful and said: Professor, I am a Chinese student and I am a doctor. I am very interested in your research, can you tell me what books I need to read now? I can go back and read them immediately so that I can get started quickly and start to study with you.

 

Professor: I looked up and down. Then I said, "Are you rich? Is it a millionaire at least?

 

I'm very surprised. I want to say no. If I have money, he will not help me with research. If so, I will have no money to study. You have to roll it back to China. So I said, I am a Chinese student. I don't have any money, but I really want to learn things, especially if I am interested in research.

 

The professor asked: Are you rich at home?

 

This time I was so determined, I replied: No, I came from China. China is very poor and I have no money at home. After hearing this, the professor said: Since you are so poor, why don't you make any money? Research is rich,
People who are idle and have nothing to do can really do research only if they are interested and have money. You said you are interested in my research direction. I think you are not interested at all, but you want to work for me to make money.
No, it's not what you want to do.

I was flushed and told the truth, I did not know the direction of the professor's research. I was interested because I didn't do this cheap labor. If the professor didn't help me with research, I had no money to study, for the sake of money, I have to say that I am interested.

 

There are too many students, who are interested in research and who are interested in money. Of course, the professor asked me to do his research assistance, and I worked very hard. Although I didn't have any talent for research, I still did it.

Hard work in the lab. Professor's research funds have been funding me to get a doctorate. After the graduation ceremony, I went to see my professor again. Of course, I am very grateful. I did not have the support from his research support fund for so many years.

Maybe I got my degree. The Chinese also pay attention to the following: one day is a teacher, and one day is a father for life. So I went to visit him and wanted to get some guidance on his true life. He said: You have now obtained a doctorate. The first day of your stay in the United States
As I can see, your purpose is to earn money. Now you have a degree, and it is time to make money.

 

Go and make some real money! This is his guide to my life.

 

After many years, I gradually got a deeper understanding of what my professor said. In the end, research is about what people with money and leisure do. There must be two conditions for a deep study (not a hard job in the Lab:

 

1: I am very interested in this topic.ArticleNo money, no flowers or beautiful women, no appreciation from others.

 

2. The tenure system of American universities is basically the theory.

 

First, a new doctor
(Fresh minted
PhD) after five years of training, you can select a professor for life. Once you pass the course, you will have no worries about your job, and you can study it with one mind. Of course, the school also knows: the vast majority of these tenure professors

There is no potential for research. Nothing can be done, that is, the painstaking efforts of some laboratories. However, as long as there are several talented people among thousands of permanent professors, coupled with good economic conditions, they can naturally
Something.

 

Here is another example. Xerox, chief of the photocopier industry, worried about the rise of computers in 1970s, which would make the photocopier market smaller. If everyone uses computers to exchange information, no one would buy a photocopier. Institute
Take Xerox in polo
Alto has set up a lab and invited 50 to 60 top computer scientists in the world to eliminate all external interference (including financial pressure), so that they can freely use their imagination, create a future
The technology that guided humanity was invented at that time:

 

1: Gui, 2: Ethernet., 3: object-oriented programming (I do not know Chinese ).

 

These epoch-making inventions lay the foundation for the future development of computers and influence the process of human civilization.

 

Spring is the time when the admission letter of an American university reaches 10 million Chinese students every year. Year after year, a large number of Chinese students look forward to the admission letter of the Graduate School of the American University, many students seek assistance from research,

 

Apply for a doctorate degree. Most of them are not interested in the study, but want to earn money in the United States. The logic for them to study doctoral programs is as follows: to earn money, they have to have an American diploma. To have an American diploma, they have to go to the United States to study. To study, they have to have a scholarship, if you have a scholarship, you have to go to the doctor. So if you want to go to the United States, you have to go to the doctor.

 

However, the doctor is actually developing the ability to conduct research. You have to be interested in research. In addition, the most important thing is to have money and leisure. It is hard to imagine what research can be done by people who are busy. Research is a game of rich people like music.

 

 

My professor said: Since you are so poor, why don't you make money?

 

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