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7 days agolol some of us do. For the record I’m one of the people who elected for a different career because the country gives 0 shits about science. PhD stipends are laughable, I make 3-4x that as an entry level tech employee.
It’s quite frustrating honestly. Being in the lab, having flexible hours, and solving problems that you often willingly spend your free time doing them are things I miss even if it’s sometimes a grind and the bureaucracy can be annoying. Now I deal with all that except the people I interact with are often not as intellectually oriented and it’s all about profit margins and speed even if I kind of like the job itself. Maybe that’s just the industry I’m in though.