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mechanosm · 3607 days ago · link · · parent · post: A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn
I'm not sure that even 8% make it to tenure-track; that sounds high to me (1 in 13). I survived to run my own research lab, spent a decade driving myself to unhappiness, then left in the middle of the worst economic climate in 80 years. Although unemployed, I was still happier not having to wrangle grants, graduate students, and grumpy administrators.