Ridiculous example that does nothing to argue the original, fair point. Obviously health interventions demand more finely tuned solutions than information technology
FWIW, maintaining at least a moderate degree of empathy even in systemically frustrating situations is good for the empathizer and thus in one’s interest
I think the key difference is that: "going to school", sure you need a living stipend, but the actual research phase has serious WLB and working condition issues