Monday, December 16, 2013

Academic life and life of a gangster


Many people form outside of academia tell me that I got an "easy" job being academic. No, that is not true!
http://collegemisery.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/faculty-term-time-life-cycle.html
Actually, some even believe that academic life "resembles" that of a gangster, hehe. PDF of an original article is attached.

P.S. And it just keeps getting worse and worse. Also check the comments below this article which describes similar situation...  Original article in PDF is attached.

P.S.S. I found another interesting article about how difficult an academic career is. Original article in PDF is attached.

2 comments:

  1. And it just keeps getting worse and worse. Also check the comments below this article, many similar cases...
    http://anothersb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/goodbye-academia.html?m=1

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  2. I found another interesting article about how difficult an academic career is:
    http://www.johnskylar.com/post/107416685924/a-career-in-science-will-cost-you-your-firstborn

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