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This is true whctluT tlic man is interested in finding 

 new facts to extend our houiidaries of knowledge or in 

 the development and application of new techniques, or 

 lias an urge to discover. 



Another compensation is the satisfaction derived 

 from doing work that may be of lasting benefit. If 

 his work results in a new product, the research man will 

 derive ultimate satisfaction from the fact that this 

 product lias not only been of benefit to his own organi- 

 zation but has supplied some public need. If his work 

 has led to the establishment of some new scientific 

 truth, the use of this bj- his fellow scientists will be an 

 inspiration to him. It is important that men who have 

 made valuable contributions receive from their employ- 

 ers proper and timely recognition for their work. 



Compensation also results from the feeling that one's 

 work, although on a small scale, may have results of 

 enormous economic imjiortance. The young research 

 worker will frequently play an important role in work 

 of more lasting and objective importance than the young 

 man with a similar period of experience in another 

 occupation. 



The desire to receive public recognition of one's work 

 is very natural. Formerly one of the principal dis- 

 tinctions between scientific workers in universities and 

 those in industry was that the former were permitted 

 to publish their work, whereas it was generally believed 

 that the latter were not. At the present time most 

 industrial research laboratories not only permit, but 

 encourage, workers to publish the results of their work 

 when such publication will not be prejudicial to the 

 interests of the company. 



Probable F"uture of Industrial 

 Research as a Career 



Any discussion of industrial research as a career 

 should properly include a consideration of the future. 

 Research has been a part of our industrial structure for 

 about 40 years, but during the first two decades of that 

 period it was barely getting under way. Most of the 

 expansion has occurred during the past 20 j-ears. 

 Although the results have been most impressive, it is 

 not yet a large factor in our uidustrial life from the 

 standpoint of the number of persons employed or of the 

 expenditures relative to the value of products manu- 

 factured. There is ample margin for growth. Some 

 of the reasons for further growth are: (1) The growmg 

 realization by industrialists and investors that research 

 pays; (2) the pressure of competition both from within 

 and from without an industrj-, which supplies an incen- 

 tive to develop new and improved methods, and im- 

 proved products; (3) the desire for expansion and di- 

 versification of products, which leads to work on new 

 products; (4) new discoveries and inventions, including 

 particularly new raw materials. 



All indications point to the permanence of industrial 

 research and to its future growth. Based on the expe- 

 rience of the past few years, it appears likely that the 

 rate of growth will increase. One commentator makes 

 the prediction that — 



the saturatiiin point i.s not likely to be reached until all iiidustri', 

 on the average, spends about three percent of its efifort on 

 research and development. This would allow for a manifold 

 increase within the period of time we can roughly foresee now. 

 Instead of fifty thousand employees in research, one million 

 is not too many to look forward to over the period of the next 

 forty years. 



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