My career in the private sector was one focused on results. There was no "peer review" however there was a lot of knowledge transfer within each company and a fair bit of sharing of non-business confidential information throughout the industry, especially for items involving safety and environmental compliance.
After all, who does a "peer review" of papers on the BP Texas City explosion in 2005, waiting for such papers to be published, instead of examining their own actual facilities for any similar vulnerabilities as soon as the chain of events and equipment involved becomes more widely known?
I was highly encouraged to enter graduate school for all the reasons listed above by my professors (Summa Cum Laude graduate) but I instead took a path of "boots on the ground" delivering results in the field. I came from humble origins and after 10 years of working my way through school for an undergraduate degree I was ready for things academia couldn't offer me.
As far as good ol' boy (and girl) networks and politics, that exists in every organization - it's only a matter of degree those things exert influence on. The major E&C companies like KBR, Fluor, etc. have been offshoring work for years. The actual operating companies such as I worked for do not, recognizing the value in having in-house expertise. No telling what the future will hold though.
Dr Ray Stantz: "Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector! They expect results!"
Name the movie.
After all, who does a "peer review" of papers on the BP Texas City explosion in 2005, waiting for such papers to be published, instead of examining their own actual facilities for any similar vulnerabilities as soon as the chain of events and equipment involved becomes more widely known?
I was highly encouraged to enter graduate school for all the reasons listed above by my professors (Summa Cum Laude graduate) but I instead took a path of "boots on the ground" delivering results in the field. I came from humble origins and after 10 years of working my way through school for an undergraduate degree I was ready for things academia couldn't offer me.
As far as good ol' boy (and girl) networks and politics, that exists in every organization - it's only a matter of degree those things exert influence on. The major E&C companies like KBR, Fluor, etc. have been offshoring work for years. The actual operating companies such as I worked for do not, recognizing the value in having in-house expertise. No telling what the future will hold though.
Dr Ray Stantz: "Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector! They expect results!"
Name the movie.
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