Yeah. Although it is annoying that we both have to clarify "well, I could be a PI if I wanted to", because of this social norm that if you aren't a PI by the ap

Yeah. Although it is annoying that we both have to clarify "well, I could be a PI if I wanted to", because of this social norm that if you aren't a PI by the appropriate age, it means you weren't good enough. Because, obviously, everyone wants to be a middle manager. And we aren't talking to an academic crowd here, but a lot of academics would be skeptical when we say that. If enough people in our generation take this approach, I think it will be very good for science. It is a happy medium between the old system of "everyone gets tenure eventually" and "no-job-security eternal postdoc" of the last few decades. Science is inherently risky enough without also forcing everyone to essentially become an entrepreneur. That phenomenon is likely behind so much of the exaggerated findings that are getting published.