Comment by PapstJL4U

I feel like people undervalue the learning experience of just being a workhorse for a while. It's a lot easier to do, make and correct errors when you start with the simpler stuff under guidance

The authors itself writes:

>I would recruit a graduate student into my lab and allow them to run with the project, providing guidance along the way.

You say to many phd students are used as disposable cheap labor, but what is the amount of people still learning stuff maybe bigger?