> What has to go is the paper as the unit of achievement, the thing that gets counted and compared. If the ecosystem is the unit of research, then building something that other people can build on has to count for more than the next increment.
The focus on building stuff as the measure of accomplishment is one reason I so enjoyed being at CMU a few decades ago, so I'm very happy to see this sentiment is still expressed by the new generation of faculty.
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The focus on building stuff as the measure of accomplishment is one reason I so enjoyed being at CMU a few decades ago, so I'm very happy to see this sentiment is still expressed by the new generation of faculty.