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Academia, for all its faults, is still an excellent system for collecting those who are obsessive about s subject (at least for a certain set of “established” s
by maxander 7y ago
Academia, for all its faults, is still an excellent system for collecting those who are obsessive about s subject (at least for a certain set of “established” subjects.) It’s preposterously difficult to do the PhD-through-tenure course if you’re not obsessed, and it certainly isn’t the financially optimal career path; if someone has made it through that system, you can be sure they’re happy sitting and doing their subject all day, for days.
- Gatsky 7y agoNot really, it depends in the field. I have definitely met academics that after an early success just keep going. The extent to which they work in one area relates more to their initial success than any obsession. Similarly well established academics that quit to do something similar to their research but not very related and much better paid.