is it ever possible to have a job just researching w/e you want

>>8709560
Basically the amount of work you would need to do to get to this point would exceed the effort you would expend getting a 'normal' science job (which is still very hard.)

I'm an optimist by nature, but you're describing is a pipe dream.

>>8709578
i've done labour work before going to university. i just don't want to experience the hardships that gave me forever. i know it shaped me into a better person that knows how to handle a task and boss, but i want to go up a ladder. just not a corporate one where workload increases. i want to push my intellectual limits without anything to abate me.

>>8709560
That guy was probably born rich as fuck. There's nothing you can do OP

>>8709595
why would one have to be rich?

>>8709755
>money for medical tools and funding falls out of the sky

>>8709560
Become a tenured professor. I mean, theoretically you should work more than that, but what are they going to do about it?

>>8709560
>Find a job that pays well, not your hobby
>Save money, invest, built passive income
>Your free time spend on gaining knowledge
>Repeat step 2 and 3 for up to 10 years

Congratulations, you have gained your valued knowledge and you now have no deadlines or constraints.

>>8709560
Become a farmer
Become self sufficent and obtain the resources to do whatever research you want

>>8711252
being a farmer is a 24 hour job.