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Teaching is important, but in science, very few people do a PhD with the primary intention to teach. It's about the research, yo, and prestige that is mostly s
by aheilbut 13y ago
Teaching is important, but in science, very few people do a PhD with the primary intention to teach. It's about the research, yo, and prestige that is mostly somewhere between your head and the literature.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoWhy don't they go to research institutes? Aren't there institutions specifically devoted to research? Like CERN?
- yodsanklai 13y agoSome do, but in most fields there are many more jobs in universities than in research institutes. Also, they have usually more academic freedom in universities. In good universities, you also have access to potential PhD students and so on.. And of course, many enjoy teaching.