What do you look for in someone to fill an academic research position? Do you seek someone with deep domain knowledge, the same domain knowledge that will be obsolete in a couple of years. Do you seek someone with expertise in the technology you are currently using, the same technology that will be obsolete in a couple of years.
Or do you seek out someone that possess the meta-skills for the job? Primary academic research meta-skills being self-starting and project management (self and others). Then train for specific domain and technology knowledge.
It is a decision based on a belief in which skills are more difficult to acquire and more difficult to change.
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