I have been searching for exactly this, but yes- the main advice that I have gotten is that while academia sucks, it's sort of the only way because it's the only way to find communities of practice. Specifically got this from someone who did independent research b4 grad school
One Thiel fellow actually then got a Hz fellowship, but, lacking an undergrad degree, couldn’t enter most PhD programs. Fortunately, a non-traditional one took them. But that’s just one case.
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Back in the Good Old Days, you could get hired even as a professor without having a degree. That’s unimaginable now.
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The problem is accountability. Back then, the faculty ran the place, and hired whomever they wanted. In principle this could lead to cronyism and other sorts of corruption. So all decisions have to be justified “objectively” to the administration. Which means H-index
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