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> the freedom of a tenured professor Well, one disadvantage of academia is that you don't really get to choose where to live, even if your CV is quite good. In
by impendia 12y ago
> the freedom of a tenured professor
Well, one disadvantage of academia is that you don't really get to choose where to live, even if your CV is quite good. Indeed, there are a number of academic couples that make crazy long-distance commuter marriages work because they weren't able to get jobs at the same institution (or in the same city).
- michaelochurch 12y agoIt didn't used to be that way. The academic job market melted down in the 1980s and now commuter marriages are the norm. These days, there are too many PhDs and few full-time faculty positions. It's horrible, but academia doesn't have to be that way, and wasn't always.