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(Side note, I only used the terms "hard" and "soft" science to save space in the title. I realize the terms are kind of loaded, but they do to get the point across.)

Okay, so I'm working as a social science researcher along with some engineers on a project. I feel like I'm really making a good contribution, and the people I'm working with have no problem acknowledging that I'm valuable to their work. By the end of this project, I'll have helped make some really impressive headway on some stuff that is really important to society right now, so I feel like I'm doing a lot of good.

But in the back of my mind, I'm still kind of concerned that the wider academic circle won't take me seriously because of my field, rather judging me for my contributions. And that I won't get a chance to work through more of these type of collaborative hard/soft science projects again. I'm also kind of concerned I won't even be considered as someone who works in the sciences, period.

But I'm very new to this whole field, and I realize my experience is very limited.

So what do you guys think? Anybody here on F!S who deals or works with science and/or related fields want to chime in?

I'm not directly in the fields, but I have family that are and well. The thing with the academic world is that it *can* be pretty snobby [amongst other things], so I wouldn't worry too much what other people think. Do your work well, and ask for recommendations from the people leading the project/in charge of your part.

As far as being worried about not being apart of another project like this, as harsh at this might be, that's not something that's completely up to you. You can apply, but you're not the one who'll decide if you're hired at the end of the day. So it's possible you won't. But the good news is that it's possible you will, and this experience will probably help make it more likely that you will.

I studies Linguistics in uni, and I got this all the time. My favorite is when I was explaining that the different subfields can range from humanities (etymology) to soft science (semantics) to hard science (acoustics). I was apparently "justifying" and "trying to be taken seriously".

Academia can be rough. For the most part, you'll find people are happy with what they study, and happy you found something you enjoy. There are people who are snobbish, but that can come from anywhere. Engineers can look down on English Lit majors with the whole 'destined to fast food' thing, and English Lit majors get on the Engineers for being 'boring' or 'only in it for the money'. Anyone who gets on you for what you enjoy studying just likes to feel like they're better than you.

I had the opposite problem, once upon a time, with some people on the softer side of the social sciences picking on those of us on the harder side of the social sciences (but still in the social sciences) because apparently using things biology and math in your work constitutes a betrayal of human... complexity... creativity... something. I don't know.

All I can advise is to make as big a deal of this experience as you can on your CV, bring it up in interviews and in any inquiries you make, and keep an ear to the ground for more opportunities like this so you can jump in and ask to be a part of it right away. Don't wait to be invited. Worse case scenario, they say no and you are no worse off than if you had never asked. Try to forge some lasting connections with these engineers and any other folks you meet in the hard sciences. If you are really ambitious, you could even try to form some kind of soft/hard science group dedicated to fostering connections between disciplines and discussing how thy can help each other. It could be like a semi-soft cheese of science!

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