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7551116 No.7551116 [Reply] [Original]

Why do people do research in a STEM field/a PhD when everything is so stressful? It's basically publish or perish and finding a stable job is almost impossible as there are so many people competing for a tenured job.

>> No.7551131

believe it or not some people actually have ambitions

>> No.7551136

>>7551116
IKR? They could just get a master's and go into industry - no stress, much stability!

>> No.7551137

>>7551136
Isn't industry stressful as well with low stability?

>> No.7551168

>>7551131
haha nice one, didn't think people in academia had humor

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7551187

Daily reminder STEM practitioners get paid peanuts because it's saturated as shit. Don't like it? Well I guess I'll just have to hire one of the 10 million other qualified applicants.

>> No.7551226

>>7551187
stem gets paid peanuts only compared to management and medical practitioners and a few special cases from other industries

>> No.7551234

>>7551226
Yeah medfags made a smart move with their self-policing standards, unionized monopoly on training etc. to keep it not-flooded.

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>>7551116
Because I'm confident I'd be good enough at it to stand on top of all those 10 million normies mentioned in >>7551187

>tfw delusional

>> No.7553054

>>7551317
Lol all PhDfags are delusional

>> No.7553058

>>7551226
Not really. Trades are generally where it's at if you want money that's not supervillian level.