| The goals of the two are pretty different. In academia, it seems like everybody aims to get published, get funding, and use that funding to get published some more. In industry, you're looking for the most cost effective way to design something adequately. $$ is the bottom line and using cutting edge technology may or may not be part of the program.
As for what you actually do, in industry, you're developing products. In research, you're generally developing new methods or discovering new information to aid in the development of products. |