So many problems for the most part
- low pay
- bad location
- mental health of faculty and grad students is bad
- high profile academic taking their own lives last couple of years
- Low mobility of income and location later in career
Why do people in academia think it's the best job ever?
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- low pay
I can easily afford everything I want.- bad location
Maybe maybe not. I don't mind my low cost of living college town.- mental health of faculty and grad students is bad
That's not necessarily a treatment effect of academia.- high profile academic taking their own lives last couple of years
Very small sample.- Low mobility of income and location later in career
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Jordan pepperson is an id/i/ot.
Because they've never worked a job before.
Living off parents --> PhD --> first job.
Some money is more than no income, so it looks good to them.
They also have disagreeable personalities and no one in the real world would want to hire them. -
- low pay
I can easily afford everything I want.
- bad location
Maybe maybe not. I don't mind my low cost of living college town.
- mental health of faculty and grad students is bad
That's not necessarily a treatment effect of academia.
- high profile academic taking their own lives last couple of years
Very small sample.
- Low mobility of income and location later in career
True.Wants are infinite.
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- low pay
I can easily afford everything I want.
- bad location
Maybe maybe not. I don't mind my low cost of living college town.
- mental health of faculty and grad students is bad
That's not necessarily a treatment effect of academia.
- high profile academic taking their own lives last couple of years
Very small sample.
- Low mobility of income and location later in career
True."Not a treatment effect of academia"
Would you feel better to know that mentally chill people self-select into academia? Great! That should make us feel better to know we're positively selected on lunacy.
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Look I don't think academia is a perfect job, and I have regrets, but you're being kind of silly. There are definite positives! Very high levels of job security, extreme schedule flexibility, can basically get away with working about 500 hours a year if you want after tenure, which you can get in your 30s. That's not bad.
The avarice of people who complain about econ academia salaries is really bizarre to me. Just consult on the side if you're so broke!
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You seem menta/l/ly i/l/l.
- low pay
I can easily afford everything I want.
- bad location
Maybe maybe not. I don't mind my low cost of living college town.
- mental health of faculty and grad students is bad
That's not necessarily a treatment effect of academia.
- high profile academic taking their own lives last couple of years
Very small sample.
- Low mobility of income and location later in career
True."Not a treatment effect of academia"
Would you feel better to know that mentally chill people self-select into academia? Great! That should make us feel better to know we're positively selected on lunacy.