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[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago

Become a Java programmer at a large enterprise

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Oh wow you literally meant smoking weed everyday

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

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

The move to California.

[-] Inky@lemmy.ca 6 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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