You lied to me Veeky Forums

>engineering is a meme
Most of modern infrastructure and technology is invented, designed and built by engineers.

>do something that only interests yourself and you already know will never benefit anyone
>call your work 'underpaid'

You have no idea how lucky scientists are.

thanks for the (you)s fellas, tell me how the job search goes

yeah but sometimes the stuff is beneficial, there's just no reliable way of knowing what will be useful in advance

FUND BASIC RESEARCH

>you already know will never benefit anyone
Just because you are too stupid to know how their work would improve things doesnt mean they are wrong.

You are like those retards back in Europe who mocked the men who discovered most of mathematics.

>implying complex numbers will ever have a practical use

>t. academic wellfare leech
t. industry master race who pays your salary

>what is electronics, signals and telecomm
>what is physics

>You lied to me Veeky Forums.
yes
>You told me science was something honorable and something that non-plebs pursue.
honorable -no
non-plebs -yes
>You promised me science would lead to lucrative careers.
WRONG. Although it can.
>You told me science allowed freedom that other jobs don't.
who promised you this
highly arguable really

>Science is underpaid
yes
>Science is spending countless hours searching for knowledge that will never be directly applied.
no. Maybe
>Science as it's portrayed is lie.
science is not portrayed
>PhDs are overrated.
whatever bra its just another job it pays the rent, if you feel more fulfilled in marketing, management or number crunching for some financial company go ahead

I'm currently doing a chemistry research and just attended a chemistry conference where I got to see a lot of chemist from different fields talk about the research they've done.

I suppose the advice I should give depends on your questions. What do you wanna know about?