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I think it's the HN bubble: happy people don't write "I love my work" posts, and if they did they wouldn't be posted here. "Academia sucks", on the other hand,

I think it's the HN bubble: happy people don't write "I love my work" posts, and if they did they wouldn't be posted here. "Academia sucks", on the other hand, is the type of post that reinforces the idea and makes it to the frontpage. There is also the problem of people conflating "Academia" with "Academia in the US".

sabas123 6y ago
Literally every community which have good ties with academia underlines this point so strongly that we can't ignore it as just a bubble
dijksterhuis 6y ago
I'm a PhD student in the UK. I love most of my work. I also think academia sucks (I don't love those parts). Life ain't binary.