Too many mechanics have spent most, if not all, their professional lives within workshops Too many hairdressers have spent most, if not all, their professional lives within Salons Too many doctors have spent most, if not all, their professional lives in medical institutionshttps://twitter.com/timeshighered/status/1047733555697258496 …
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To be fair, I know zero successful artists or musicians who at some point didn't work other jobs, while the same isn't true for many academics. I think it's valuable to have done other things. That said, fully agreed that the article's argument is patronizing & poorly thought out
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Totally valid. But I think the most important thing is those other things need to be specific to the individual's career, if necessary. And there is already so much non-academic work in academia anyway, once you get to a certain level of seniority.
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So just getting out to get out is a waste. The Ivory Tower is dead and the university is a neoliberal institution like most others now. Also sympathic to the point about keeping up with progress in industry, but there are so many productive ways to do that.
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But absolutely. My experience working in a group home improved my approach to clinical research for sure. But that's specific to me.
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This is right-wing rhetoric from THE.
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