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A priori, it's not guaranteed these people would last long enough in corporate to see a higher total life time income. And the professor is not asking OP to be
by xiaolingxiao 6y ago
A priori, it's not guaranteed these people would last long enough in corporate to see a higher total life time income. And the professor is not asking OP to be a professor, but to become a corporate mechanical engineer, which is a very different profession.
- MiroF 6y agoI think they would likely have more burnout from the academia job than the corporate job. And at least at my school, pretty much any professor that left could immediately get a higher paying job in industry. You're right it's not "a priori guaranteed," but when talking about empirical realities, what is?
- xiaolingxiao 6y agoYeah fair. I guess the original point to OP is: just to live your own life :), and don't feel obligated to live up to anything others set forth for you.
- melq 6y agoNot last enough in corporate? We're talking about engineers here not NFL players. Why would they have short careers?
- jimmydddd 6y agoOff-shoring and layoffs for two. A successful entrepeneur in his fifties wrote about going back to his MIT 30-year reunion. All the folks who were in law were at the top of their careers. The guys in medicine were looking forward to another 10-15 years of work. The traditional engineers were all out of work or in constant fear of being laid off.
- moneywoes 6y agoDo you mind sharing the link?
- KKKKkkkk1 6y agoI've seen quite a few professors who did a stint in industry and went back to academia with their tail between their legs. A professor in a good school is like a small-business owner with a guaranteed income and a supply of free labor. In industry, the money is much better, but you're paying with your dignity and your self-respect.