I believe the fulfillment of a successful long study must trump any feeling you can get from a short-term project. Which is why I always thought I wanted to do long term studies. When I was in high school I did a 6-month project on green tree frogs for 6 months. After 6 months, I found my results to be inconclusive. I can’t imagine donating my life to a project, like a 15-year study, and having the results be inconclusive or a failure. I realized that this is going to happen and for that reason I would prefer industry R&D. I believe both are extremely important, but I have chosen industry because of my preference in short term studies.