4 ms·
One of the things that really struck me is that after you drop out of academia to go into industry there is really no going back. I hadn't expected that; I tho
by stakhanov 8y ago
One of the things that really struck me is that after you drop out of academia to go into industry there is really no going back. I hadn't expected that; I thought I'd just give industry a shot since I can always go back to academia if I don't like it. Not so. The people hiring for academic roles see it as an act of high treason punishable by lifelong exile.
- bem94 8y agoI don't think that is universally the case. I transitioned back into academia after being in industry. Admittedly, I was only out in industry a couple of years and I've not found academia to my liking. My background is microelectronics, and in my experience there is still a big skills gap inside academia which I think only people from industry can really fill. There is no substitute for practical/applied engineering experience, and that experience goes a very long way in informing how realistic or implementable a piece of new research is. If professors are insightful enough to see the skills which engineers from industry can offer academia, then it's a benefit to everyone.
- stakhanov 8y agoDid you get hired in a proper research and/or teaching role though in the subject area that you previously worked in when you were in academia? Or did they just pay you out of a research grant for a role as a technician of some kind? Big difference there, as the latter are, in my experience, treated as a "lower caste" and get paid neither as much as other academics nor as much as they would get paid in industry.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]