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>Telling your mother you want to be a scientist is far better than saying you want to be a musician. Are you joking? A small child literally has a better chan
by eli_gottlieb 7y ago
>Telling your mother you want to be a scientist is far better than saying you want to be a musician.
Are you joking? A small child literally has a better chance of growing up to become a professional athlete than a tenured research professor!
- majos 7y agoThis doesn’t seem true. In 2016, American universities hired about 20,000 tenure-track faculty [1]. Adding up the major pro sports leagues, there are very very generously 10,000 American pro athletes, (i.e. people who don’t have day jobs). I guess things change if you include all the minor league and farm teams, especially for the MLB. [1] https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/12/about-three-quarters-all-faculty-positions-are-tenure-track-according-new-aaup https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/12/about-three-q...
- sukilot 7y agoOf course very few tenured research professors grow up to be professional athletes, but that hardly seems relevant.