Man Who Set Stage for a Nobel Now Lives a Life Outside Science

Thank you for posting this article! As an academic, this really touched me. I'm impressed by this guy's humility. For me personally, the years of misery caused by the way our society does tenure and funding is not worth enduring .. especially when the odds of success are pretty low.

I can't help but wonder if he'd be happier if he became an entrepreneur instead of taking that non-research job. I guess being an entrepreneur (in your own field) is much more feasible for a CS PhD than it is for a Biology PhD.

The bright side of the story is that there were other people to carry on the baton, and humanity took one more step.

See also the article The Fall and Rise of Douglas Prasher in Discover Magazine from April 2011 (This how I found the link)