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I don't understand why he doesn't attempt to leave the university and get a job as a programmer. CAD 34k is a joke and less than the stipend I received as a gra

• Lazare 12y ago
  Given his writing ability, degree, and student reviews I imagine he's quite capable of doing so. Since he doesn't, all I can assume is that he values the intangibles of teaching enough that it makes up for the incredibly low salary.
  • MaysonL 12y ago
    to quote from a followup article[0] "And then we get to the “Why doesn’t he quit and get a proper job?” people. The answer is, I’m 52 years old. There aren’t that many job opportunities coming my way. Have you tried getting a job in Ottawa these days? And I can’t move elsewhere. My younger son is in a fabulous Special Needs School here in Ottawa, with wonderful teachers, we have the specialist doctors at the Children’s Hospital, and a pool of wonderfully talented therapists to work with him. He needs to be here, and so I need to be here in Ottawa. He needs round the clock attention, so I need flexible working hours, which University teaching gives me." [0] https://medium.com/@AndrewR_Physics/jump-to-conclusions-40446decf18a https://medium.com/@AndrewR_Physics/jump-to-conclusions-4044...
    • owen_griffiths 12y ago
      OK, so there are benefits to the job beyond salary. You can't mix and match - oh I'll have the conditions of job A, with the pay of job B.
      • Coding_Cat 12y ago
        He is already doing job B, while on paper it still says A. (fulltime work without benefits for an hourly wage comparable to an intern). That's the problem.