A study of nearly 400,000 scientists across 38 countries finds that one-third of them quit science within five years of authoring their first paper, and almost half leave within a decade.
A study of nearly 400,000 scientists across 38 countries finds that one-third of them quit science within five years of authoring their first paper, and almost half leave within a decade.
When it’s winner take all, insanity takes the winner.Â
Internetolocutor on
It’s really poorly paid and even if you are contracted for a certain number of hours the people who publish the papers as first author generally are spending a lot more hours.
Murky_Mountain_97 on
Science lost its soul to money unfortunatelyÂ
Crypt_Keeper on
The job market for STEM is kinda dogshit right now, so I don’t blame them.
Tommyblockhead20 on
I have some friends that are working on getting a medical degree, and as part of the process, they are encouraged to go into academia and publish papers for a couple years, I imagine that inflates these numbers?
PredicBabe on
You know why? Because people tend to be quite fond of having food to eat. Most often, research is extremely poorly paid.
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Even higher for art history majors.
When it’s winner take all, insanity takes the winner.Â
It’s really poorly paid and even if you are contracted for a certain number of hours the people who publish the papers as first author generally are spending a lot more hours.
Science lost its soul to money unfortunatelyÂ
The job market for STEM is kinda dogshit right now, so I don’t blame them.
I have some friends that are working on getting a medical degree, and as part of the process, they are encouraged to go into academia and publish papers for a couple years, I imagine that inflates these numbers?
You know why? Because people tend to be quite fond of having food to eat. Most often, research is extremely poorly paid.