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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by sevensor on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:35AM (#26725527)
It's interesting to look at this in the context of ballooning tuition costs. Could it be that part of the problem is that university staff positions attract a high proportion of unmotivated time-servers? How is this possible at the same time that instructional staff are being squeezed so hard?
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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by kevinventullo on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:55AM (#26726732)
How is this possible at the same time that instructional staff are being squeezed so hard?

If I had to guess, supply and demand. There is a massive surplus of PhD’s looking for any job whatsoever in academia. Meanwhile, the demand for university IT jobs is probably low given that many other jobs in tech will pay more.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by ahi on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:29AM (#26726315)
The problem is the exact opposite. The unmotivated time servers fill unnecessary positions created by the ambitious climbers. Doing a better job would likely make the problem worse as the bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:05PM (#26727696)
Some tuition reimbursement is often baked into the salary.
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