No chance I retire as a professor. Too good a job.Congrats on their early retirement
Friends who are professors would disagree.No chance I retire as a professor. Too good a job.
No chance I retire as a professor. Too good a job.
Friends who are professors would disagree.
That’s incredible I play it every NFL weekend -so hard to win
An assistant/associate/adjunct with no desire for tenure and about $1.3m in bank after taxes is in a much different position than someone scrapping their way towards full professorship.
Or so I would think.
technically incorrectWhat a loser lol
Sort of, and it depends on the university. Some have the progression:FWIW associate professors (like this guy) has tenure. Assistant --> Associate in this part of the world means you got tenure.
This guy has tenure and makes 180k a year. He already isn't doing bad for himself. Obviously still a good reason to be stoked about 2.5 million $.
Sort of, and it depends on the university. Some have the progression:
Assistant professor --> associate professor (without tenure) --> associate professor (with tenure) --> full professor
I doubt someone in the 2nd or even 3rd group is making 180K, but I could be wrong.
HATERWhat a loser lol
Really? Not a good job? That is a dream job for me. You are a teacher of higher education. I can’t think of a better job out there.Friends who are professors would disagree.
Its an okay job, im at our lovely UConn as we speak doing a doctorate, most of the professors will tell you its lonely, youre interacting with a bunch of 20-30 year olds all day whose purpose is to get out and start their lives, youre constantly writing grants, having pointless meetings, writing papers, you are now part of the university political system and your constant politicking for resources. Its publish or perish until you get tenure which might never come, and by the point you get tenure you've been a PhD for 6 years, a post doc for 3-9 years, a low level prpfessor for 7-10 years. Now on to the teaching, you have to teach but you don't actually want to teach, that's not why you're here, youre here to churn out your research and and produce PhD students, teaching is just a requirement so the university gives you lab space. If you just want to be a teaching professor you might as well just teach high school because at least you might get a shot at a pension. Basically academia is pretty screwy, the ones that are professors are just over worked beat down people who are constantly fighting for everything with everyoneReally? Not a good job? That is a dream job for me. You are a teacher of higher education. I can’t think of a better job out there.
That was my thought as well, however, friend of mine who actually do it say that it isn’t what you think it is.Really? Not a good job? That is a dream job for me. You are a teacher of higher education. I can’t think of a better job out there.
Its an okay job, im at our lovely UConn as we speak doing a doctorate, most of the professors will tell you its lonely, youre interacting with a bunch of 20-30 year olds all day whose purpose is to get out and start their lives, youre constantly writing grants, having pointless meetings, writing papers, you are now part of the university political system and your constant politicking for resources. Its publish or perish until you get tenure which might never come, and by the point you get tenure you've been a PhD for 6 years, a post doc for 3-9 years, a low level prpfessor for 7-10 years. Now on to the teaching, you have to teach but you don't actually want to teach, that's not why you're here, youre here to churn out your research and and produce PhD students, teaching is just a requirement so the university gives you lab space. If you just want to be a teaching professor you might as well just teach high school because at least you might get a shot at a pension. Basically academia is pretty screwy, the ones that are professors are just over worked beat down people who are constantly fighting for everything with everyone
Congrats on the $2.5 million ?What a loser lol
Really? Not a good job? That is a dream job for me. You are a teacher of higher education. I can’t think of a better job out there.
This. The corporate world is “produce or perish”. We’re all politicking for resources. Companies accepted tax breaks and many responded with layoffs, no 401k matching and no raises. It’s not like that everywhere but the idea of tenure/job security is very attractive to anyone in the second half of their career cycle.I find this bubble think amusing. In many industries, once you reach the relative top rungs, you have to worry about getting clipped because you are now, too old, too expensive, or too out of touch with current technologies. Obtaining lifetime job security and not being subjected to the profit requirements of a capitalist system, while holding a lot of control over your day to day is the grass is greener sentiment being offered by Mr. Silver.
If you are lower on the academic food chain, that is what you are working towards, while earning a top 5% salary as this guy is. Whatever the rigors of academic career advancement are, they are a one-way ratchet compared to the private sector. "Publish or perish" is no less worse than meeting quarterly quotas and research is much more in your hands than macroeconomic conditions.
There are no free lunches.