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Similar discussion to the "The dangers of high status, low wage jobs" post from today. I do think the stress is directly correlated with their financial situati
by some-guy 5y ago
Similar discussion to the "The dangers of high status, low wage jobs" post from today. I do think the stress is directly correlated with their financial situation.
My spouse is in a PhD program. Advantages for her are a) her mother was also a PhD with a tenured job and b) she's married to me, who makes $350k a year (and to be clear, she works a lot harder than I do). I can't imagine people putting up with the same bullshit she does as outlined in the article, _and_ dealing with financial issues. Even if she doesn't get that tenure-track job, her opportunity cost for trying is much lower than someone who doesn't have those privileges.
- pmorici 5y agoMy wife got her PhD and some of the things she would talk about that her advisors told her just struck me as nuts. They would lament that it was “sad” people would leave academia to have families ignoring the fact that the jobs paid like crap and there was massive competition for any position. They acted like it was some conspiracy to keep people out of the field when it seemed to me to be mostly explained by people making straightforward economic decisions for themselves.