Recently, I've witnessed some senior academics mock PhDs & postdocs for choosing industry. Apart from the utterly baseless points raised (hours are flexible in many data science jobs, workloads are often similar, etc.) — it's completely out of order in general. I see you.
It's funny you assumed the main person doing the OP mocking is at UCL. They weren't and never have been AFAIK.
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I actually have the impression, from my lab and related people, that UCL academics are extremely into industry collaborations. But obviously things are different from department to department and lab to lab.
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I'm curious where (broadly) these academics *were* based. I have the general impression that those in the Golden Triangle are slightly more industry-friendly than others.
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They count as Golden Triangle and they are University of London. Won't say too much, but you can imagine the various options given the above. Also to be clear, it's not that UCL people didn't also join in, they just didn't do so in as much a derogatory way.
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Actually I didn't - just have most experience of the issue there. It's a conversation I have had with lots of colleagues. I know some people from the states see this as a big UK issue. My (counter-intuitive) experience is that it is worse with people from prestigious universities
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I get what you mean. I definitely agree 100% with you that people in the Golden Triangle will not "like" other UK unis. For sure, it's palpable and I in many cases can see what they mean even if not 100% agree with all their points.
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