All I understand is research scientists do some research and publish a paper. Do they get for the publishing? Or is it all grant based for wherever they are researching at? What about a philosophy major? Where would they even work, and get paid for what?
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They make money the way most people make money. They have jobs
i know several people with phds in geological fields who work for oil companies. They analyze data to help determine where to spend billions of dollars on oil exploration. Pharma and biotech and petrochem and chip mfgs all hire scientists.
some will go into academia, but most will work in industry
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