I was in academia in STEM and did a brief stint as a research Assistant Professor at a foreign UK-based university last year, but I decided to move back to the US. Instead of following my plan to stay in academic research, when I saw the SJW infestation, usually on the job application process Diversity-Equity-Inclusion loyalty pledge essay, I thought, fuck these guys. I love research but the system was already broken in other ways before the SJW spillover from the liberal arts. Was also sick of seeing the new administrators get hired for more than new research professors, while they get in the way of learning and research and tuition is hiked to pay for their lazy asses. Went to a pharmaceutical company instead. There are surely some good niches in academia still, but I'm sure a Biden term would stamp them out with a rapid communist assault. Good luck fren, and try to avoid campus dangers when that piano lands /rant over.
I was in academia in STEM and did a brief stint as a research Assistant Professor at a foreign UK-based university last year, but I decided to move back to the US. Instead of following my plan to stay in academic research, when I saw the SJW infestation, usually on the job application process Diversity-Equity-Inclusion loyalty pledge essay, I thought, fuck these guys. I love research but the system was already broken in other ways before the SJW spillover from the liberal arts. Was also sick of seeing the new administrators get hired for more than new research professors, while they get in the way of learning and research and tuition is hiked to pay for their lazy asses. Went to a pharmaceutical company instead. There are surely some good niches in academia still, but I'm sure a Biden term would stamp them out with a rapid communist assault. Good luck fren, and try to avoid campus dangers when that piano lands /rant over.