Well, I haven't. And I've worked at a couple of prestigious research
labs, and for one prestigious research journal. For one thing, in my
experience a research lab does not have only one project. There are
usually many, only very loosely related (or even unrelated) projects
going on at one time. In job interviews at such places,
certainly applicants say they are interested in the work that is going
on in that project or group, and mention their qualifications for
working on that project and in that group. Also, at a higher level,
their qualifications for starting new projects. They may even have
contacts within the company. However, this is not competition for
_social status_ It's competition for a job. Furthermore, potential
employees are still interviewed and screened, and still have to present
adequate qualifications.
And a research journal usually publishes a variety of articles, which
don't necessarily "agree" with each other by any means. People don't
tend to do scientific research just to write an article about it. They
write the article(s) to let other people know about what they have
discovered, and/or interpreted, and/or theorized. Yes, they also write
to publicize themselves and the company they work for, which helps some
in getting grants and perhaps, later on, jobs elsewhere for the
researchers who worked on the project. But again, this is not _social_
competition. And again, articles undergo rigorous screening for
scientific plausibility.
Not all competition is social, not everyone wants to or is allowed to BS
to compete professionally, and not all screening is personally
supportive or vindictive.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
You mean like "Lab XYZ is *the* place to be (rather like publishing in
*that* journal because it's number is higher), so I'm going to espouse
their philosophy in the hopes of getting a job there ...
I've heard of it done.
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