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But the stakes aren’t low in academia, you can have your career destroyed by a bad couple of years…
by bowsamic 3y ago
But the stakes aren’t low in academia, you can have your career destroyed by a bad couple of years…
- cmdli 3y agoI think the quote is referring to the stakes of the underlying decision being made, not necessarily the stakes of the politics. Academics will argue in great detail about trivialities and those trivialities can decide careers.
- Almondsetat 3y agoJust go work in the industry, this obsession with staying forever in the ivory tower is perplexing
- bowsamic 3y agoMost PhDs are not able to be competitive in the job market
- odyssey7 3y agoA friend recently gave up a career in which his very soul was bound but which had kept him impoverished and struggling, always having to navigate churn to afford to live. He works in a call center now, and he’s so much less depressed that it’s like he’s a different person.
- bowsamic 3y agoI mean that's great but honestly if you're a PhD or postdoc, being told that working in a call centre is better for you is hardly an encouraging thought. In fact, it would bring great shame to most people from their families.
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- willcipriano 3y agoDon't these careers pay pretty low, especially for the level of education? I always assumed that was the low stakes part. Its like making game-of-thrones-esque will-to-power moves at your McDonalds job. After a victory in a vicious trial by combat: "To your knees, I now dub you assistant manager of McDonalds store #1263245, your pay now raises two and a half percent and you get to park a little closer to the building."
- bowsamic 3y agoNo, I get paid very competitively here in Germany