A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs

Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by whyever on Sunday October 01, 2017 @05:45PM (#15380001)

In most countries, being a professor is the only way to have a permanent position as a researcher in academia. You can be a researcher without being a professor, but it may involve changing your position (and country) every few years.

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Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by chrisseaton on Sunday October 01, 2017 @05:47PM (#15380015)

I can't understand why you think this is the case. You can get a full-time job in industry being a researcher. Why would you need to move every few years?

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Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by jccooper on Sunday October 01, 2017 @06:29PM (#15380231)

As the first step on the path to understanding, first consider: "in what fields do people get doctorates?" As a second step, consider for each of those "what industry will employ them?"

If you step over to the non-STEM (and to a lesser extent non-TE) fields, the answer to the second question tends to diminish to "academia".

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