Agreed. Most of my labmates lost the desire to stay in academia by the end of PhD. Some of them didn't have it even in the beginning. Myself, I went from "I am

Agreed. Most of my labmates lost the desire to stay in academia by the end of PhD. Some of them didn't have it even in the beginning. Myself, I went from "I am not sure if academia is the right place for me" to "I am out of here and will never look back" in a span of two years.