<story><title>Ways to manage your time better</title><url>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00973-6</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>crispyambulance</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll never forget the time shortly after switching into industry from a purely laboratory workplace, that I had my first encounter with a professional project manager.&lt;p&gt;I got so pissed off that some un-introduced remote person on a conference call was try to tease out what all my &amp;quot;tasks&amp;quot; where, when they would be done and in what order (as well as when everyone else&amp;#x27;s would be done). Thus began my career-long love&amp;#x2F;hate relationship with project management (mostly hate).&lt;p&gt;While I am sure that scientists and academics can do well with general-purpose time-management skills, I think that industry could perhaps have more to gain by picking up some tips from how scientists work (and ease-off on the obsession with project management).</text></comment>
<story><title>Ways to manage your time better</title><url>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00973-6</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>smackay</author><text>The biggest time saver for scientists would be a funding process that does not involved writing voluminous proposals with key metrics and other make work information that keeps bureaucrats happily well-fed and well-paid.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not saying there is no need for some way of making sure the money is spent effectively but the grant proposal process is largely a sham and a charade that needs radical overhaul.</text></comment>