Feel free to reply and we can chat more as I've thought deeply about this topic. Here are some cliff notes though if you want a quick answer (say for calibration).
1. Dod labs and defense contractors are great places to dive into topics pending you are inexpensive. You will likely be paired with other people who can sit and thinking deeply with you. As you progress though, you will be pushed into management, forced to being in money, and pulled many ways preventing your deep thinking. This is when most good scientists leave.
2. Be confident in your job search about what you are looking for. Don't be afraid to say you want 85% deep technical work and 15% reporting to stakeholders. This will be polarizing to a lot of employers but those who want you will quickly scoop you up when u get connected to them.
3. The market is terrible for r and d right now across almost all sectors. Most r and d labs are looking 3-6 months out which means they want people qoth a specific background to build prototypes amd fail quickly. This will be existing scientists in the company but rarely any new hires. i interviewed at Amazon and found this to be the case as an example (I turned down the role).
4. Wait until the market improves but keep looking while doing item 2.
1. Dod labs and defense contractors are great places to dive into topics pending you are inexpensive. You will likely be paired with other people who can sit and thinking deeply with you. As you progress though, you will be pushed into management, forced to being in money, and pulled many ways preventing your deep thinking. This is when most good scientists leave.
2. Be confident in your job search about what you are looking for. Don't be afraid to say you want 85% deep technical work and 15% reporting to stakeholders. This will be polarizing to a lot of employers but those who want you will quickly scoop you up when u get connected to them.
3. The market is terrible for r and d right now across almost all sectors. Most r and d labs are looking 3-6 months out which means they want people qoth a specific background to build prototypes amd fail quickly. This will be existing scientists in the company but rarely any new hires. i interviewed at Amazon and found this to be the case as an example (I turned down the role).
4. Wait until the market improves but keep looking while doing item 2.
Good luck.