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Why did she care about tenure? She could have just focused exclusively on the startup, making it more likely to succeed.
by amichail 17y ago
Why did she care about tenure? She could have just focused exclusively on the startup, making it more likely to succeed.
- ams6110 17y agoPerhaps she had received information or suspected that she was going to be left out of that as well.
- rewind 17y agoJust because you're successful in one area doesn't necessarily mean you should stop caring about your goals in another area. Most PhDs care about tenure. Academic and entrepreneurial goals are not necessarily compatible.
- nostrademons 17y agoRemember that not all people have the same goals as HN readers. We self-select for people whose goal is to found a successful startup. For many other people, their goal in life might be to be a good parent, or to be a professional sports player, or to be a tenured professor. It seems like she was well on the road to success by our standards, but that doesn't mean she was successful by her standards.
- amichail 17y agoWhat gave her the idea that being a tenured professor is better than a founder of a successful startup? Perhaps this is the result of societal pressure on intelligent people rather than her own thinking?
- rdtsc 17y ago> What gave her the idea that being a tenured professor is better than a founder of a successful startup? The same thing that gives HNers idea that starting a startup is better than being a tenure professor -- personal choice and personal set of goals and motivations.
- scott_s 17y agoAre you really incapable of understanding that other people may value something like tenure more than you do?
- amichail 17y agoShe found out that academia isn't really for her, so why would she want to stay anyway?