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Academics are not "desperate." There are a wide variety of jobs open to them that they could purse, they have a lot of options and are intelligent.
by dantheman 12y ago
Academics are not "desperate." There are a wide variety of jobs open to them that they could purse, they have a lot of options and are intelligent.
- kaitai 12y agoRead some of the Chronicle of Higher Ed forums and then come back to reaffirm that statement. For fun, start here: http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,168931.0.html http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,168931.0.html You can also go down the rabbithole of leaving-academia stories starting with http://leavingacademia.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-you-can-do-with-any-postac-job.html http://leavingacademia.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-you-can-do-... . Maybe academics leaving academia are objectively in a good position to transition to other jobs, but they are in general so psychologically wound up in academia that instead they are desperate and disturbed.
- aaronchall 12y agoThey're in an incredibly good position. My former boss's boss's boss has a PhD in chemistry. His boss's boss has a PhD in economics. "Tired of bossing around stupid undergrads? Get paid 5 times as much to boss around adults!" I don't even have any reports, and I'm making 5 times what I was making as an adjunct and barely scraping by, and I don't have to deal with undergrads who would rather squeak by than actually learn the material they're being certified in. I have my MBA, but I'm quite pleased to work with people who have their bachelors in philosophy. Disturbed is a good word. Certifiably insane might be a better phrase to use. The real world can actually pay the bills. If you're not being appreciated financially by academia, go where you are. If you still want to deal with undergrads after putting in an honest day's work, there's plenty of demand for adjuncts to teach night classes.