I would be suspicious of anyone who likes academia specifically. I know many people in academia and they begrudgingly put up with academia because it enables t

I would be suspicious of anyone who likes academia specifically. I know many people in academia and they begrudgingly put up with academia because it enables them to do the work that they wish to do. They would probably all agree with the statement that writing successful grants and accomplishing what they want to accomplish are neither aligned nor orthogonal, but rather in tension, if not outright opposed.