That's funny. I don't work in academia. Never done so. I work for a private employer, and looking at your list I don't feel that it sounds that different: * I

That's funny. I don't work in academia. Never done so. I work for a private employer, and looking at your list I don't feel that it sounds that different: * I can't say what I want either. I believe that just comes with working for somebody. * I also spend an insane amount of time in meetings and filing paperwork on requests for things that should just be easy. But because of paperwork anything gets drawn out * I work for a consulting firm. So lots of MBAs around. Sadly. No-one gets software. You know, the kind of people that 9 women can make a baby in 1 month. Also the same people who don't understand exception handling.