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Postdocs in Europe are pretty comfortable and labs often have more stable/core funding. Work can be pretty good postdocing in some labs in Europe. But the end
by throwawayarnty 4y ago
Postdocs in Europe are pretty comfortable and labs often have more stable/core funding.
Work can be pretty good postdocing in some labs in Europe.
But the end of the road is still that after the postdoc you’re expected to either be a rockstar or a nobody. So anxiety is always there.
- Qem 4y agoI think the core problem is lack of a intermediate default path, besides rockstar or nobody. In some places being a high school teacher was a reasonable, and even quite prestigious intermediate path. Some researchers even did significant contributions to science while in such roles, like Hermann Grassmann. But today being a teacher is a ugly duckling between professions that require higher education, overworked and with worse pay nearly everywhere. In some places they even have to worry about shootouts at work.