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Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by alexasmyths on Sunday October 01, 2017 @11:21PM (#15381514)
"So why should a tenure track position be any different"

Economics and reality come into play as we are adults.

There's basically no excuse for 'the smartest among us' to not have a basic grasp of the dynamics of how their education will play out into their careers.

Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by gozur88 on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:39AM (#15382247)
But they've always been the smartest in a group of the smartest people. It's not that they're not being smart or not being adult. It's that they feel this is just another step in a road they've been traveling since they were kids.