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Left academia shortly after finishing my PhD and haven't looked back in the slightest. Aside from the issues of personal harm touched on by the author, I felt
by ssalazar 6y ago
Left academia shortly after finishing my PhD and haven't looked back in the slightest.
Aside from the issues of personal harm touched on by the author, I felt serious ethical issues participating in a system that convinces incoming students to make financial decisions that in many cases were demonstrably not in their best interests.
- alpineidyll3 6y agoDitto and kudos!
- stepstop 6y agoWhat about teaching at the community college leve and provide the insight there?
- ssalazar 6y agoCommunity college is certainly a key part of the solution for students (we recommended many students pad out their non-major credits this way to save time/money), but for an academic with an R1 STEM PhD its unfortunately not a great mix of impact/compensation compared to going industry.