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To be fair, it sounds like you haven't experienced what it is like to be a full-time academic yet. Anecdotally I hear many more complaints from friends who are
by 2819b 7y ago
To be fair, it sounds like you haven't experienced what it is like to be a full-time academic yet. Anecdotally I hear many more complaints from friends who are in academia than in industry. Low pay, bureaucracy, and rocky path to tenure come to mind...
- gaze 7y agoIt’s about the same everywhere.
- randomsearch 7y agoBureaucracy perhaps but without doubt the politics in academia are some of the most unpleasant you’ll ever encounter.
- gaze 7y agoI’ve encountered truly rotten politics in industry, too. My experience though is about 6 summer internships and one relatively friendly PhD so maybe I have a rosy picture.
- michaelwu 7y agoI think bureaucracy is not specific to academia but is rather something that just arises when a group of people try to coordinate work among themselves.