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14 minutes ago, swansont said:

Why half? I left academia after my first postdoc, and I would argue I am having a successful career.

It only looks like a pyramid scheme if you assume academia is the only career path that you can/should follow.

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.

52 minutes ago, zapatos said:

My wife started a career in health administration. 

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?