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It's somewhat ironic that because of academia being increasingly managed like industry, you ended up (presumably) in industry. (Not criticizing, it can perfect
by Al-Khwarizmi 5y ago
It's somewhat ironic that because of academia being increasingly managed like industry, you ended up (presumably) in industry.
(Not criticizing, it can perfectly make sense - if you're going to be subject to all that capitalistic crap anyway, you might as well take the higher salary as well. Just pointing out the inherent irony in the situation).
- ptero 5y agoAcademia is managed "somewhat" like industry, but only in parts. This can combine the worst of both worlds: captive employees (tenure tracks), large incompetent bureaucracy trying to do business but not skilled or pruned to do it effectively, long hours, lower salaries, etc.