Academia can easily retain us. Pay us more and support our work. I love my field very much; the only three things that have me considering leaving academia: Po

Academia can easily retain us. Pay us more and support our work. I love my field very much; the only three things that have me considering leaving academia: Poor salary outlook; PhD + 10 years domain expertise? $50k. Poor job liquidity; zero geographic choice. Professors rarely appear to be happy/terrible work-life balance due to administrative overhead and the need to secure future funds. All of these concerns can be resolved with money, through both higher salaries and better funding. If they were resolved, I wouldn't be looking outside at all. If you have great management and need someone who's good with precision hardware, sensing, and data analysis in the Seattle area, please get in touch.