I have been reading essays about the pitfalls of academia for decades (sample: https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science https://philip.greenspun.co

I have been reading essays about the pitfalls of academia for decades (sample: https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science; I wrote my own "humanities PhDs are bad" one: https://jakeseliger.com/2012/05/22/what-you-should-know-before-you-start-grad-school-in-english-literature-the-economic-financial-and-opportunity-costs https://jakeseliger.com/2012/05/22/what-you-should-know-befo..., which I still get emails about). The main thing of note about the one above is the venue.