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There was a paper on arXiv a while ago that looked into this, and concluded that while there are enough postdocs to go around, only 25% of postdocs can count on
by lutorm 15y ago
There was a paper on arXiv a while ago that looked into this, and concluded that while there are enough postdocs to go around, only 25% of postdocs can count on a permanent position. And of course, as time goes on, the number of postdocs keep swelling as people pile up trying to get those jobs...
I'm close to getting out, I've enjoyed my time doing astrophysics but it would probably have been a career-enhancing decision to have done so a while ago...
- andrewcooke 15y agogood luck. if you're anything like me you might be pleasantly surprised at how much less competitive things are in the "real world". the flip side is that typically you do have less freedom.
- lutorm 15y agoThe sad fact about freedom: In the "real world", you don't have freedom. In academia, you do, but the pressure is such that you never use it...