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re: Why Scientists and extremely smart people are usually socialist/leftist
Posted on 8/29/14 at 9:41 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Posted on 8/29/14 at 9:41 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 8/29/14 at 10:15 pm to LordSaintly
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The quality of life in academia is very comfortable. Teach 2-3 classes a semester, no 8 hour work days, summers off, etc.
You make less money, but many people want these jobs.
Not to mention that they usually get paid to go to conferences, set their own hours (generally), and get paid extra to teach a summer course (at my university it was like 1/9 of their full salary); it's really a good gig in many situations. I guess it depends on the field though. Whereas some fields there are hundreds if not thousands of applicants for one job, in my field there are 20 to 30 jobs every year and some do not get filled.
Posted on 8/30/14 at 3:36 am to LordSaintly
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The quality of life in academia is very comfortable. Teach 2-3 classes a semester, no 8 hour work days, summers off, etc.
If you have tenure, which can be difficult to achieve. Until then, you work your arse off and kiss a lot of other people's asses. And tenured positions are being phased out at a lot of universities. The cushy academic career is becoming a thing of the past.
Posted on 8/30/14 at 8:40 pm to LordSaintly
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The quality of life in academia is very comfortable. Teach 2-3 classes a semester, no 8 hour work days, summers off, etc.
You have no clue what you are talking about.
I work in Academia (sciences). Most professors in my dept work 60+ hours a week in a pretty stressful setting of research, teaching, and service.
This post was edited on 8/30/14 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 8/31/14 at 11:37 am to LordSaintly
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no 8 hour work days, summers off, etc.
Summers off. That's hilarious. To do what?
I know some schools have 10 month contracts - but at LSU I can't think of a single academic I work with who takes summers off.
This post was edited on 8/31/14 at 11:43 am
Posted on 8/31/14 at 8:57 pm to LordSaintly
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The quality of life in academia is very comfortable. Teach 2-3 classes a semester, no 8 hour work days, summers off, etc.
Not in the hard sciences, and not at large research universities
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