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Re:Clash over Surveillance Software Turns Personal in Germany by wolfgke on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:34AM (#21249403)
> The things recruiters told you ("not sufficiently pragmatic" or that you belong in academia)... they didn't tell you this to talk down to you but to give you hints.

I would have loved to stay in academia. The problem, why I left academia is the infamous Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, which gives you an employment ban on temporary contracts in academia after 6+6 years. Since nearly every employment contract in science is temporary, this actually implies a nearly complete employment ban in science after at most 12 years.

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Re:Clash over Surveillance Software Turns Personal in Germany by kuerbel on Monday October 14, 2019 @03:14PM (#21251704)
I think you can stay longer if your position is paid for by a private party instead of publicly funded. That could very well be the case at an institute. Maybe reach out to them, best a professor and explain your situation.

Link in german:

https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/die-zehn-haeufigsten-irrt...

Nr 3

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