froghopper

Thanks swansont. What do you do? I guess some people do a PhD with a view to not going into academia afterwards, seems a bit disingenuous to to me as it is presumed you will be going into academia. Does she enjoy it? Would she rather have stayed in research?

Itseems to me that Science is a bit of a pyramid scheme, with too many people doing PhDs and higher stages to progress far up the academic career ladder. What successful careers have people had after half a career as an academic?