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In academia it's even worse. There's a glass floor that's also a glass ceiling. There's one group of people making tons of money publishing worthless material.
by aiyodev 7y ago
In academia it's even worse. There's a glass floor that's also a glass ceiling. There's one group of people making tons of money publishing worthless material. There's a second group doing all the work in the false hope that they'll someday get to join the first group. I was lucky enough to learn this lesson as an undergrad and didn't get tricked into going for a PhD.
By the way, the "research" about texting while driving you might have read about or heard discussed on NPR is just highly plausible bullshit.
- jonathankoren 7y agoWho is “making tons of money publishing” anything, let alone “worthless material”? Sure, Springer is making money, but I never met — nor heard of — anyone in academia making money through publishing. The truth may come as a surprise to you, but publishing articles, reviewing articles, editing journals, all of that is done for free. You might make some money through consulting, but publishing? No. Not even when you write a textbook.
- Aperocky 7y agoConsulting is where the big buck is, and a lot of times the income is warranted. But _sometimes_ it’s entirely not warranted, the party just wanted the name attached. Just like how company brings in a consulting firm to confirm its existing decision.
- jonathankoren 7y agoThat’s the story of every consultancy since the beginning of time.