> I want to do science, not academia. Don't get me wrong, I come from the same background you do and have similar wishes, but isn't this just "I want to do the

> I want to do science, not academia. Don't get me wrong, I come from the same background you do and have similar wishes, but isn't this just "I want to do the things I like and not the things I don't" (which is true for anyone anywhere in any job)? Any job is going to have unliked things (that's why it's w.o.r.k and not f.u.n).