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It’s not… that’s not really how academia works despite what it looks like from the outside It’s a part of the equation but only a small part. Most tenure-track academics get into a comfy publishing situation and game levels up. This stuff is phd/postdoc/adjunct level worries.
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The purpose of the gauntlet is partly to make the excess academics into ex-academics 😆 If you can’t survive elsevier how will you survive the far more brutal pressures of fights with your fellow academics over parking spots? I got weeded out after postdoc too
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