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Re:Mimetic Traps by 2819b on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:28PM (#19967149)
To be fair, it sounds like you haven't experienced what it is like to be a full-time academic yet. Anecdotally I hear many more complaints from friends who are in academia than in industry. Low pay, bureaucracy, and rocky path to tenure come to mind...
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Re:Mimetic Traps by gaze on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @01:34AM (#19967787)
It’s about the same everywhere.
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Re:Mimetic Traps by randomsearch on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @09:45AM (#19970055)
Bureaucracy perhaps but without doubt the politics in academia are some of the most unpleasant you’ll ever encounter.
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Re:Mimetic Traps by gaze on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:28AM (#19971004)
I’ve encountered truly rotten politics in industry, too. My experience though is about 6 summer internships and one relatively friendly PhD so maybe I have a rosy picture.
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Re:Mimetic Traps by michaelwu on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:31AM (#19969157)
I think bureaucracy is not specific to academia but is rather something that just arises when a group of people try to coordinate work among themselves.
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