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They are leaving academia and receiving a minimum of double salary in the private sector. Historians? If so, can you name a few example? I find this hard to

by throwaway2037 3y ago

They are leaving academia and receiving a minimum of double salary in the private sector. Historians? If so, can you name a few example? I find this hard to believe.

rightbyte 3y ago
Good academics don't need to work in their field. Just any generic clerk position will do.
zztop44 3y ago
I have a friend who was a historian and now works as a data analyst for a SEO agency and makes more than double their previous salary. They had no particular expertise in SEO or data beyond being able to use Excel and being able to think and write clearly.
bArray 3y ago
> Historians? If so, can you name a few example? I find this hard to believe. I was speaking more generally about academics who are under pressure from the current political bias. As other comments have mentioned though, the critical thinking required for good historian work is also quite broadly applicable elsewhere.
WeylandYutani 3y ago
In America I can believe it. The US government doesn't fund cultural institutions very much. It's all left to private institutions (who frequently have political and ideological agendas).
- telotortium 3y ago
  Nah, both public and private universities in the US are pushing this political and ideological agenda. I'm not aware of any systematic pay difference for academics in public vs private universities - for example, Stanford (private) pays similarly to Berkeley (public), and they have similar politics. Both pay much less than private sector for anyone who can get an academic job at one of those institutions. Your comment is a little more applicable to museums and the arts, but the US government funds all universities, both public and private, pretty lavishly. Unfortunately the university administrators have a habit of accruing much of that funding to themselves and leaving the academics relatively little.

They are leaving academia and receiving a minimum of double salary in the private sector. Historians? If so, can you name a few example? I find this hard to believe.

rightbyte 3y ago

Good academics don't need to work in their field. Just any generic clerk position will do.

zztop44 3y ago

I have a friend who was a historian and now works as a data analyst for a SEO agency and makes more than double their previous salary. They had no particular expertise in SEO or data beyond being able to use Excel and being able to think and write clearly.

bArray 3y ago

> Historians? If so, can you name a few example? I find this hard to believe. I was speaking more generally about academics who are under pressure from the current political bias. As other comments have mentioned though, the critical thinking required for good historian work is also quite broadly applicable elsewhere.

WeylandYutani 3y ago

In America I can believe it. The US government doesn't fund cultural institutions very much. It's all left to private institutions (who frequently have political and ideological agendas).

telotortium 3y ago
Nah, both public and private universities in the US are pushing this political and ideological agenda. I'm not aware of any systematic pay difference for academics in public vs private universities - for example, Stanford (private) pays similarly to Berkeley (public), and they have similar politics. Both pay much less than private sector for anyone who can get an academic job at one of those institutions. Your comment is a little more applicable to museums and the arts, but the US government funds all universities, both public and private, pretty lavishly. Unfortunately the university administrators have a habit of accruing much of that funding to themselves and leaving the academics relatively little.