When i was a teen, i worked at a research facility doing lab work like weighing vials and washing labware.

Overheard two top researchers discussing phrasing of language in their paper. It was phrased to get more research money. From the oil industry.

Their work was in earnest. It was the system that corrupted.

My brother quit a full boat PhD scholarship in pharmaceutical research because of the financial insecurity of chasing funding.He did well as a pharmacist....loved it.