Could they not find even one STEM professor to comment? A highly biased opinion from this bunch: "...it is not surprising that the tenure decision is freighted

Could they not find even one STEM professor to comment? A highly biased opinion from this bunch: "...it is not surprising that the tenure decision is freighted with anxiety. It takes anywhere from 10 to 20 years from entrance into graduate school for the tenure decision to be made. By that point, in their single-minded pursuit of their personal holy grail, most academics have purged themselves of skills that might be useful for the private sector." Didn't Bishop have a reasonably successful business on the side? Something to do with automating petri dishes and culturing? I can't help but think all these english, history and sociology professors ascribe so much anxiety to tenure because their fields are so poorly valued by the private sector. But in many fields, such as Bishop's, there are plenty of opportunities for PhDs who can't or don't want to go for tenure. If nothing else, you're probably a pretty good coder after completing a STEM PhD. (Hey maybe it's matlab or fortran, but that's a good start.)