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[–] Bye@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I did two post docs and they were great. I learned many valuable things, foremost among them that it was time to get the fuck out of academia.

Seriously I regret nothing, I had a great time.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Every time I talk to my friends in academia, I'm grateful that I was just smart enough to know that I'm too stupid for academia.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The best was when you heard how the Professors got their job back in the 70s-80s.

They generally just finished a PhD and were given a position!

[–] Bye@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Literally my advisor. Like damn.