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.
Can you give me a reference? I too want to make $250k by smoking weed
Become a Java programmer at a large enterprise
Oh wow you literally meant smoking weed everyday
Get good at programming systems that mix audio and control stage lighting, speakers, distortion effects, etc.
The move to California.
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.
Nah, that's just an integer underflow.
-2147483648→+2147483647
Yet you are still a broke ass fuck. You just found salvation in instant ramen.
Ramen is a case study to prove the phrase "you can't polish shit" wrong.
Hang in there, @fossilesque
I cri everitiem
Starting now, can't wait for the eternal pressure and existential dread!
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