I took a PhD in CS and after observing the work conditions of myself and my supervisors at close range for 4.5 years, I decided I did not want to get involved a

I took a PhD in CS and after observing the work conditions of myself and my supervisors at close range for 4.5 years, I decided I did not want to get involved any further with academia. Because - Teaching obligations... which is fine with me, I _love_ teaching, but it earns you zero credits. Listening to other profs complaining about teaching is tiresome and goes completely against my view of universities: places to build next generations of good people. - A lot of time spent on acquiring funding, it doesn't matter whether you're employed at a research institute or university. University profs probably don't get fired if they fail to acquire funding, but the pressure is there. - A lot of time spent on reviewing the work of your subordinates: master and doctoral students' theses. (OK, it doesn't go into the teaching quota, but it's part of teaching as I see it.) - Publication pressure and inflation. Count earns you points, not quality or impact. This encourages authors to publish multiple partial papers instead of one "complete" paper. It's also devastating for the field as searching for relevant papers (on any topic) is way harder. This leaves you with little time for actual _research_ in the work hours. Most part of your official working hours are spent on administrative tasks and (co-)authoring papers. It is not environment for someone like me who likes to _build_ stuff as well. Income was only secondary to my choosing industry over academia.