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Going into academia is usually not the best way to maximize your financial earning potential. So usually people who go into academia value pursuit of knowledge
by httpz 4y ago
Going into academia is usually not the best way to maximize your financial earning potential.
So usually people who go into academia value pursuit of knowledge over money.
Academics tend to raise children with those values.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 4y agoIt's also well known that connections are extremely important for academic positions, especially so in humanities academia where TT positions are so rare and hyper competitive. The name appeal of the Ivy's can have huge sway, and it leads to a flattening of intellectual diversity in scholarship as whole fields are shaped by certain "schools" or movements that are more often just former fellow students mutually citing each other and their former supervisors. A lot of brilliant research gets passed over because it's not coming from the right school.
- 93po 4y agoMost of the people I know that get into academia do it because traditional work sounds awful to them but they're really good at school, so they stick with what they know. My ex got a PhD just so she didn't have to work for 5 years in a traditional office style job in finance.
- sicp-enjoyer 4y ago> value pursuit of knowledge over money Or status over money, similar to upper-class careers in journalism.