Now I'm calmer and I can focus on work I feel such a calmness and tranquility. Work itself can't make me relaxed in some cases but if I'm already relaxed to a certain extent it can definitely make me feel a deep sense of contentment and satisfaction.
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This is something I think many scientists and academics generally feel about their work and a big part of why I love my job and something I need to remember as a huge privilege of my current job.
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In addition to my good salary, I also genuinely gain happiness from it. I need to reflect on this, bearing in mind how privileged some of us in academia are...
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Because sadly, I can think of cases lately where colleagues (FWIW w/out compsci degrees, so unlike me) transitioned to data science for sadly lower (or the same) pay and many more work hours and many more obligations than me.
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I feel for them and I hope they manage to make work work for them too. The first job in industry, for many, is usually not the most well-suited anyway... I hope they find their feet because a fulfilling job can be truly life-enhancing.
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