Just wondering then, how much of that kind of knowledge is portable among academic research environments, and how much is peculiar to every individual environment ? Is there something that is dying to be written up for people entering the field ?
Different aspects will be differently portable (e.g. funding will region specific, modulo field specific schemes).
Having a PhD (in a relevant field) gives you domain knowledge as well as knowing where the pitfalls are, and a PhD in general will mean you're at least familiar with what questions to ask/who to ask those questions.
