Salaries of PhD students and postdocs in many countries are extremely low and career prospects are very grim. How can one think of convincing the best minds to stay in research, under these conditions?
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Generally the people I've met in this situation aren't working for the money but for the love and passion of exploration, knowledge and making society a better place for their children / grandchildren.
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If they're anything like so many artists I've met who work mainly for the love of the craft. They likely know having a good salary can only help them focus more on doing just that.
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That’s great and all but what happens to those who can’t figure out or manage ways to make the monetary side of things work?
Just because it’s “passion” doesn’t mean you can keep exploiting people’s labor like this. Half my graduate training was spent on bullshit tasks.
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