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Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals (www.nature.com)
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[–] cabron_offsets 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Lolbruh. I was like 27, 28 when I left. I’m mid 40s and I make like $240K/year. Leaving science was the best decision I’ve ever made, short of marrying my wife.

[–] Yawweee877h444 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it because the pay sucks and extremely overworked I'm assuming?

[–] cabron_offsets 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The whole pipeline sucks. PhD, postdoc, then you get your first job at age 35, if you’re among the most competitive young scientists. If you’re not at the right tail of the distribution, you flounder until your 40s, all the while working your ass off for basically nothing, until your PI tells you that there’s no more money to pay you and it’s time to fuck off.

Fuck that. I have a wife, 2 kids, an okay house 7 miles from the city in a walkable suburb, a well funded retirement account, etc. all because I fucking left that scam early.