Alpha Research vs Monetization

Recently got a job as a quantitative research intern at a prop shop. Is there a growth difference between alpha research which is from what I understand getting signals and pricing the stuff we trade and monetization?

Monetization from what I gather is about optimizing the use of alphas and ensuring max PNL out of the alphas

Both will have the ability to see the PnL and codebase of the team.

Prop Trading forum seems to be dead, so I am posting this here.

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