<![CDATA[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooiDA-AsNo]]>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooiDA-AsNo

Kinda feels like more people should know about this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cbfc02d7-9132-4451-a88e-bc61c4b7d33f/https-www.youtube.com-watch-v-aooida-asnoRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:16:43 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 18:36:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooiDA-AsNo on Fri, 08 May 2026 20:23:22 GMT]]>@graham_knapp @virtualbri Sounds to me like the companies are banking on exactly the insecurity and fear and statistically implausible expectations that universities build into PhDs.

I had so many friends who truly believed that they were being trained specifically to become academic researchers or educators, zero competence to do anything else whatsoever, and that thinking even momentarily about a different career (or, in some cases, a teaching-centred career) was shameful.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/libroraptor/statuses/116540820831472679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/libroraptor/statuses/116540820831472679Fri, 08 May 2026 20:23:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooiDA-AsNo on Fri, 08 May 2026 19:44:49 GMT]]>@virtualbri having done some of this work (but without the personal financial pressure) this feels depressingly accurate

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/graham_knapp/statuses/116540669243609843https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/graham_knapp/statuses/116540669243609843Fri, 08 May 2026 19:44:49 GMT