• @psmgx
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • @rockSlayer
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      241 year ago

      Can you give me a reference? I too want to make $250k by smoking weed

      • Nomecks
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        201 year ago

        Become a Java programmer at a large enterprise

        • peopleproblems
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          231 year ago

          Oh wow you literally meant smoking weed everyday

      • @psmgx
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        141 year ago

        Get good at programming systems that mix audio and control stage lighting, speakers, distortion effects, etc.

        The move to California.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year 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.