MolaKule
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I find her comments portray the reality of current academia.
The Reality of Academia
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I've got a 14 YO kid that would fit in the physicist realm pretty well, he has all the skills. Problem is, he will not make any money unless he goes to work for a defense contractor, Musk or a Cali McDonalds. We're broke as a country and moving more to socialism each day, "government" would rather spend their money on "mixed use" housing than fusion reactors.
So, I think I'll steer him toward selling pics of his feet on OF.
So, I think I'll steer him toward selling pics of his feet on OF.
Yep. My wife is a professor and oh the stories I've had to listen to.
"The Academy" is a rolling three ring circus, filled with hopped up babblers with delusions of grandeur who all want to be the next Madame Curie, Sigmond Freud, or Antonio Gramsci. My wife excluded, of course.
"The Academy" is a rolling three ring circus, filled with hopped up babblers with delusions of grandeur who all want to be the next Madame Curie, Sigmond Freud, or Antonio Gramsci. My wife excluded, of course.
My son is a physicist and he works on human imaging equipment development for big pharma.
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I watched this as soon as it came out. I really enjoy Sabine’s content. It has been a while since my own postgraduate experience, but I certainly believe her.
Science funding is one thing I wish got more attention.
Applied sciences = good job
Theoretical sciences = "Do you want fries with that?"
I'm greatly exaggerating, in case you didn't notice.
Theoretical sciences = "Do you want fries with that?"
I'm greatly exaggerating, in case you didn't notice.
MolaKule
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My experience is that with a good Physics foundation, you can work for just about any scientific or technically-oriented company, be it in research or engineering.
"Branching-out" I think is the keyword.
Keep your options open.
That's a brilliant and intrepid lady. She could have been an important scientist but a bit ahead of her time. Today her ticket to success and fame would be just claim to be a male. The scientific world would have been her physics oyster.
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Lots of attention seeking now that everyone can be an influencer. This applies to all fields.Yep. My wife is a professor and oh the stories I've had to listen to.
"The Academy" is a rolling three ring circus, filled with hopped up babblers with delusions of grandeur who all want to be the next Madame Curie, Sigmond Freud, or Antonio Gramsci. My wife excluded, of course.
I don't know this person...but...ummm, the size of the hands would seem to indicate you know something.
When I finished the last bit of my 16 years of post secondary education, an academic position came open. The retiring professor suggested I apply. A review of our department had just been conducted and the review committee said they were going to recommend I be hired as the next program director. The head of the department strongly suggested I apply for the job. But the job paid $40,400 per year (and I'd have to do most of the work since the head liked to spend his time traveling to international conferences).
I had the impression the head of the department thought I was so desperate for an academic position I'd take it. But I wouldn't apply for any job that paid so little and I found another job that paid $93,400/year.
I stayed there 6 years. My next job required at least 5 years of experience - and the rest is history.
I had the impression the head of the department thought I was so desperate for an academic position I'd take it. But I wouldn't apply for any job that paid so little and I found another job that paid $93,400/year.
I stayed there 6 years. My next job required at least 5 years of experience - and the rest is history.
I watched this a few days ago. Sobering to see how the pursuit of new scientific discovery has become so corrupted.
I hope Sabine finds her YouTube career satisfying, I certainly enjoy her channel.
I hope Sabine finds her YouTube career satisfying, I certainly enjoy her channel.
MolaKule
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Her research interests are Quantum Gravitation so she is no dummy.
I occasionally watch or listen to the Darkhorse podcast and they (Weinstein & Heying) tell a similar story. It seems anything research related has been "captured" by gov and monopolistic groups. Major modern "issues" are not what the narratives want us to believe.
No doubt. If you scour her videos she also does musical performance. Gotta say, those are kinda "cringy".
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I had a mean physics professor in college, I was all honors and all AP and blah blah blah blah blah in high school.
The guy was just plain mean and sure we had lots of top students like the types from Bronx Science etc.
I would get like a 28% on an exam, thinking I knew my stuff, and it's good for a C.
Thought of him the other day telling a story to a buddy, so I looked him up on rate my professor. Really bad reviews, what I said above. Lectures go way off course talking about things that have nothing to do with the subject and exams. What I learned is what he did yes, separated the men from the boys. Maybe I'm a boy wanting to be a man.
Elitism does have its place, but it never rubbed me the right way I guess.
The guy was just plain mean and sure we had lots of top students like the types from Bronx Science etc.
I would get like a 28% on an exam, thinking I knew my stuff, and it's good for a C.
Thought of him the other day telling a story to a buddy, so I looked him up on rate my professor. Really bad reviews, what I said above. Lectures go way off course talking about things that have nothing to do with the subject and exams. What I learned is what he did yes, separated the men from the boys. Maybe I'm a boy wanting to be a man.
Elitism does have its place, but it never rubbed me the right way I guess.
There was a recent article published by a professor of a private university. I didn't recognize the University but he mentioned that when he started teaching 30ish years ago there was a roughly one student per faculty member but is now one student per four faculty members causing tuition to skyrocket. CU Boulder is paying Dion Sanders an astronomical paycheck to be a football coach. His kid drives a $300,000 Maybach to classes. Couple this with when I looked at a Journalism degree they were very specific. Now many outlets want you to be an expert photographer, reporter, newscaster, editor etc for less money. I was able to get an interview with one of the Denver new anchors years ago after an article mentioned she and her husband race Porsche 911 gt3's. Her response was all of the new people coming in are making far less than she will.
That would explain quite a bit. Wife and I were discussing it this morning (spurred by the other thread) and we couldn't figure out how it could rise so much. But if there really was that much more faculty...
Thing is, my wife said that it seemed like there was more adjunct professors now. They can get paid less and get less benefits. Might this 4:1 ratio be not quite 4;1 if some large portion is adjunct and not as straightforward as we'd think?
I had Prof Heisenberg the son of the famous one for physics. I got 50-60s on his exams blowing the class average of 28
. I got a nice A and also weeded out all the wanna be engineers.Similar threads
