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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Nah.

I quit grad school and made 250k in California smoking weed everyday. My postdoc buddies are still stuck in publish or perish and teaching in no name European universities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Leaving academia was definitely one of the best choices I ever made for my (physical, mental and financial) health.

I don't regret doing my PhD, but I definitely spent two years too many on the postdoc treadmill.

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