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Postdocs are such a scam role. These are PHD educated scientists who have spent 4+ years on PHD getting paid like $50k-$70k/year with basically dead end jobs wh
by sct202 3y ago
Postdocs are such a scam role. These are PHD educated scientists who have spent 4+ years on PHD getting paid like $50k-$70k/year with basically dead end jobs where they must leave to another place to get a tenure track role since they're already considered 2nd class at the institution the postdoc is at.
- nextworddev 3y agoI’m guessing one big driver is fewer professor jobs open
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoYeah the competition for those professor jobs is pretty fierce. Don’t you basically have to do a postdoc to be considered for a tenure track position in the States these days (unless you are some prodigy)?
- nextworddev 3y agoYeah, a major reason that people do post docs is to pad their research credentials and network, but that’s pointless if there are no academic jobs open. The main problem is tenure model.
- aiisjustanif 3y ago> getting paid like $50k-$70k/year with basically dead end jobs $50 - 70k would be nice, but we’ve seen lower in some states
- etrautmann 3y agoThis has been going up a bunch in the last few years thankfully, but not by enough to make it livable for people with children or in high cost of living areas.
- raverbashing 3y agoReally Search on YT (as an example) what's the outlook on postdocs for most people on the academic world (some notable Exceptions can be Found though)