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It doesn't seem like you have messed up your life. If you have made it that far in the humanities, then I think you're the type that can figure out how to keep
by azhenley 7y ago
It doesn't seem like you have messed up your life. If you have made it that far in the humanities, then I think you're the type that can figure out how to keep going.
- barry-cotter 7y agoThey’re almost 50 and don’t have a full time job with pension. That is not a good position to be in unless you come from money, are married to someone who does, or has a solid professional career or gold plated benefits and a permanent job.
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- WWWWH 7y agoI don't know the specific detail of OP's position, but (all?) post-docs in the UK are members of the same pension scheme as all other academics in their institution. Your fundamental point is quite right--short-term contracts are a lousy and difficult game to play into middle-age.
- lonelappde 7y agoThey have a government pension. They spent 30 years "working" on their research interest instead of at the beck of bosses and clients. Even if they spend retirement stuck as a grocery clerk, they'll have a better life (more funded free time to pursue their personal interests) than almost everyone.
- sadfklsjlkjwt 7y agoWill the job of grocery clerk exist in 20 years?
- cedex12 7y agoresearch interests ≠ personal interests, necessarily.
- rusticpenn 7y agoResearch is not very different from work actually. You always work on the basis of market demand (In this case, the funding organisations)