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As Someone who was an undergrad in philosphy; none of my professors were pushing for grad school, they know the market is flooded.
by ohyes 12y ago
As Someone who was an undergrad in philosphy; none of my professors were pushing for grad school, they know the market is flooded.
- PaulHoule 12y agoPhysics is a field that has been irresponsible about this for years, at least since the first PhD unemployment crisis of 1969. Most other fields practice "birth control", and professors in many fields are shocked when they see that fewer than 5% of physics PhD(s) stay in the field. This guy unfortunately has a bad bargaining position because (i) there are a lot of people to replace him, and (ii) most of them come from the third world so the opportunity to live in Canada and get paid $34,000 in loonies looks great to them. (The other area of academia that is this bad is biotech, where you can spend as long as you like in postdocs, but getting to a tenured position is unlikely)