<story><title>Why I&apos;m walking away from one of the best jobs in academia</title><url>http://www.vox.com/2015/9/8/9261531/professor-quitting-job</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>seunosewa</author><text>He&amp;#x27;s leaving a well paid job that gives him considerable influence because there are serious problems in academia that cant be solved easily. I find it difficult to imagine that he will find a alternate career path without that issue. Every profession&amp;#x2F;industry has serious systemic problems. I think the author needs to either search his heart more deeply to find out the real reason why he&amp;#x27;s leaving his job, or reconsider his decision to leave it if it&amp;#x27;s not too late.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>scott_s</author><text>Academics do not have large salaries. They have two primary things that make up for it: freedom in what they do, and the feeling of having a positive impact on their students specifically, and society in general. So, if we consider his entire compensation, think of it as &lt;i&gt;salary&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;freedom&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;positive impact&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;This essay is explaining why he thinks that the &lt;i&gt;freedom&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;positive impact&lt;/i&gt; parts of his compensation are significantly less than he initially thought. When that&amp;#x27;s the case, the next obvious question is: is this worth it? He&amp;#x27;s answering no. All occupations have problems, but he may find another occupation where he feels all aspects of his compensation (not just monetary) are worth it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why I&apos;m walking away from one of the best jobs in academia</title><url>http://www.vox.com/2015/9/8/9261531/professor-quitting-job</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>seunosewa</author><text>He&amp;#x27;s leaving a well paid job that gives him considerable influence because there are serious problems in academia that cant be solved easily. I find it difficult to imagine that he will find a alternate career path without that issue. Every profession&amp;#x2F;industry has serious systemic problems. I think the author needs to either search his heart more deeply to find out the real reason why he&amp;#x27;s leaving his job, or reconsider his decision to leave it if it&amp;#x27;s not too late.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>baby</author><text>Completely agree with you&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; I think the author needs to either search his heart more deeply&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s the problem with graduating so early and following your initial studying path. You didn&amp;#x27;t have time to think about what you were doing, was it the right thing, was it what you wanted, etc...&lt;p&gt;I always wondered how that kind of case usually ends. The people who&amp;#x27;ve been doing one thing only in life, and ends up in a job right away. I guess your world can crumble in your mid-life.</text></comment>