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kevlarbaboon t1_j9md7s5 wrote

Reply to comment by chem_daddy in Striking Temple University graduate students overwhelming vote down proposed contract by diatriose

>I think it‘s ridiculous how much academia likes to poo-poo anyone interested in private practice and academia.

Moron with science PhD here: I never got that vibe

Also I agree with your first point hardcore

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PortalGunFun t1_j9nhuhp wrote

Idk I definitely have seen people with the attitude of "well I suffered through it so why shouldn't you suffer too" when it comes to low pay and long hours in grad school (and later postdoc)

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chem_daddy t1_j9pougq wrote

residency pay is pretty shit, and senior docs still use the “well I had bad pay, so y’all should deal with it too” mentality

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chem_daddy t1_j9ppghr wrote

My bad.. sorry was on mobile last night and was getting my thoughts out after reading the article. meant to say how academia looks down on private practice and industry

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kevlarbaboon t1_j9qo9nv wrote

weirdly i read it how it was intended. just my limited experience. Honestly it felt like lots of profs resented their placement and wanted to dive into industry but just couldn't for whatever reason.

then there's non-profit research institutions that have PIs who are also multi-millionaire CEOs

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