It’s a field that self-selects for insanely driven monomaniacs. All the lab PI’s I ever met worked 70 hours a week because they just loved the research that much. One of my bosses bragged about working 20 hours a day to finish his PhD. It probably wasn’t that much, but he got his degree in 3.5 years, which is crazy fast for the field. Anyone who can’t handle the workload washes out quickly.
I get it you have no money contrains but really crazy stories
They do, but the culture makes people generally not care about long term financial health and taking on debt/spending beyond their means to live in the moment
Obviously, this is sick af in a country with good security nets but in USA it’s just a way to make people massive irresponsible consumers for the capitalists benefit
Academics are relatively poorly paid but people in industry generally make bank. That said, what do you do with it? If you live in the right area you can get some pretty much unused high end bikes for half off because the tech bros buy them and then realize they have no time to ride them.
It’s a field that self-selects for insanely driven monomaniacs. All the lab PI’s I ever met worked 70 hours a week because they just loved the research that much. One of my bosses bragged about working 20 hours a day to finish his PhD. It probably wasn’t that much, but he got his degree in 3.5 years, which is crazy fast for the field. Anyone who can’t handle the workload washes out quickly.
Yanks are allegedly particularly insane, I get it you have no money contrains but really crazy stories
They do, but the culture makes people generally not care about long term financial health and taking on debt/spending beyond their means to live in the moment
Obviously, this is sick af in a country with good security nets but in USA it’s just a way to make people massive irresponsible consumers for the capitalists benefit
Academics are relatively poorly paid but people in industry generally make bank. That said, what do you do with it? If you live in the right area you can get some pretty much unused high end bikes for half off because the tech bros buy them and then realize they have no time to ride them.