Usually we only hear this from the disgruntled. It is valuable to hear this perspective from someone who perceives themselves as happy and successful. > becau

Usually we only hear this from the disgruntled. It is valuable to hear this perspective from someone who perceives themselves as happy and successful. > because I know how they were obtained. This is similar to one of the reasons I left graduate school. I realized that everyone who plays ball and puts in the hours gets a PhD. And I saw incomprehensible postdoc hires. Lots of things didn't even look like significant accomplishments (or even all that hard, and I'm no rockstar).