I did a PhD in physics in the late 90s and loved the research and the teaching. I was also constantly in conflict with some senior staff who had a medieval app

I did a PhD in physics in the late 90s and loved the research and the teaching. I was also constantly in conflict with some senior staff who had a medieval approch to academia. I gave a hard stare at my life and realized that with my character I would either go for their positions to change things, among drama and politics, or I must switch to industry. I switched to industry for 10x the salary, the comfort of not fighting for pennies when it comes to budgeting and basically the same management pyramid. I do not regret it, except that I miss research and teaching very much and will someday be back pro bono. Like someone said on a comment, people do not like academia itself but what academia provides you. This is very true.