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I've consistently read that law is a bad bet these days: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-06-20/the-employment-rate-falls-again-for-recent-law-school-

I've consistently read that law is a bad bet these days: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-06-20/the-employment-rate-falls-again-for-recent-law-school-graduates http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-06-20/the-employme... From everything I've heard about finance, it is a dog-eat-dog world which everyone hates. And medicine -- well, good news there, residents can now legally not work more than 24-hour shifts (they used to have to do 40). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_resident_work_hours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_resident_work_hours I chose academia, and although I love my job, and I'll probably get tenured soon, I might end up living the rest of my life in a rather uninspiring town which would otherwise not be my first choice. I don't want to be sarcastic, or deny that your frustrations are very real. But from everything I read, programmers as a profession have it pretty good. Indeed, if I had it to do over, I would very seriously consider programming.

fragmede 12y ago
> I'll probably get tenured soon That's a bold claim the face of fewer and fewer tenure-track positions being available, universities opting instead for non-tenure-track, full-time faculty. I'm glad you're able to make that claim, but your case is exceptional and not the average.
- impendia 12y ago
  At least in my discipline, getting a tenure-track position is the hard part; afterwards, it's very typical to get tenure. (The only consistent exceptions that I know of are at absolutely top schools; and tenure-track faculty there often end up moving to slightly less good schools and getting tenured there.) >your case is exceptional and not the average. My case is not exceptional; it is merely above average. Certainly I got lucky, but not wildly so. I continue to pay attention to the job market, and it strikes me that people who have done work comparable to mine are, on average, getting positions comparable to mine. (It is in the humanities that the situation is really dire, and that even the most brilliant people are getting screwed over.)

fragmede 12y ago

> I'll probably get tenured soon That's a bold claim the face of fewer and fewer tenure-track positions being available, universities opting instead for non-tenure-track, full-time faculty. I'm glad you're able to make that claim, but your case is exceptional and not the average.

impendia 12y ago
At least in my discipline, getting a tenure-track position is the hard part; afterwards, it's very typical to get tenure. (The only consistent exceptions that I know of are at absolutely top schools; and tenure-track faculty there often end up moving to slightly less good schools and getting tenured there.) >your case is exceptional and not the average. My case is not exceptional; it is merely above average. Certainly I got lucky, but not wildly so. I continue to pay attention to the job market, and it strikes me that people who have done work comparable to mine are, on average, getting positions comparable to mine. (It is in the humanities that the situation is really dire, and that even the most brilliant people are getting screwed over.)