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> As long as a grad student doesn’t insist on making faculty, they’re not necessarily constrained to a zero-sum field. This assertion doesn't play out in the r
by barumi 6y ago
> As long as a grad student doesn’t insist on making faculty, they’re not necessarily constrained to a zero-sum field.
This assertion doesn't play out in the real world. A graduate student does not have exclusive access to these non-academic positions, nor is the skillset developed in the academic niche world applicable in non-academic environments.
In fact, the realization that graduates with an academic background underperform in non-academic settings is widely known, not to mention the negative impact that some soft-skill traits developed in academic environments have on their employability (for example, the false sense of entitlement).
- fock 6y agowhile you are downvoted I think, there's a certain truth to your comment. Imagine a corporate lab: there's trained researchers, as well as technical/lab staff (preferably with a solid apprenticeship). Now you have a 30 year old technician who worked in the field for >10years and in parallel did some community college BSc, so has at least some calculus, very basic mechanics and whatever domain-specific-science background there is. Both this one and a MIT grad apply for a technical, managerial position managing technical aspects of the lab/department. I bet, today, the MIT grad is not too far behind, even if he has no idea of the social dynamics with all the people, skills in procuring stuff or even properly doing labwork. Great, not?