Five years, almost to the day, since my PhD viva, and today was my fiftieth or so (though I forced myself to lose count) postdoc interview failure. I've had a few pieces of casual work and one very short FTC and have LOVED it all, but with every failure causing me exponentially more distress: clearly, I need to accept my limits and stop applying, if only for the sake of my MH.
So tell me, what is TERRIBLE about being an academic? What do you HATE??
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Need to relinquish all motivation and aspiration. Tell me the WORST things about being an academic
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CareersDontGetEuologies · 13/11/2020 19:35
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