My experience with assistants in academic contexts is that they save you between 40-50% of the most tedious work, but then managing them and dealing with their production is a 20% cost; and moreover that their proliferation has the strange effect …
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Shouldn't those assistants normally be graduate students who have enough expertise not to require micromanagement, and whose training is time well spent?
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There's generally a mix, from advanced undergrads to professional 'sub-academic' types, many of whom even have PhDs, etc., and work permanently in these roles. While the expertise of graduate students is generally highly questionable ...
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