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It really isn't a question of which system is better. It is about supply and demand. If there is a huge demand for scientists (as there appears to be at BGI t
by jderick 17y ago
It really isn't a question of which system is better. It is about supply and demand. If there is a huge demand for scientists (as there appears to be at BGI today) then the requrements for getting a good job will be reduced. With the scarcity of decent jobs in US Academia today the prolonged PhD/Postdoc cycle is just a symptom of the underlying lack of demand.
- jessriedel 17y agoIt's not just a lack of demand for PI's, it's a strong demand for lab monkeys aka grad students, like yours truly. So long as (1) most research labs require many grad-student-level-trained hands for every professor-level-trained supervisor and (2) grad students continue to be deluded about their chance of securing a tenured position in the future, the situation will continue.