I left a research lab, started a BE company, failed, started a dev shop, which has had some success. I am glad I left, but there is very little opportunity to d

I left a research lab, started a BE company, failed, started a dev shop, which has had some success. I am glad I left, but there is very little opportunity to do research, or work on anything related to my phd. In retrospect, my opinion is academia is a toxic, low productivity environment that punishes ambition.