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The only two life events I have ever known to fell the soul of an otherwise bright and thriving young scholar are (a) getting a book deal and (b) attempting to complete grad school
AFAICT, the last couple of years of grad school represent the fresh academic's "actually, it was Lord Xenu all along" watershed moment, as it is finally revealed that Science is actually just paper-shuffling to sate an endless hunger for grants that must be chewed into citations
Why do employers like grads? I partially buy the "conscientiousness" explanation, although I'd point out that beyond demonstrating personal stick-to-itiveness, a degree shows that you aren't distracted by sick family, an immediate need for cash, etc. Yes, it's a class signal.
...but I *mostly* think it's Things Being Done The Way Things Are Done. The guy who just got hired to do hiring does hiring the way everyone does it, because then noone can blame him for sticking his neck out if his hires suck. This is how many crappy aspects of the world work.
My maximally cynical read is always fun, so here's mine re why employers like new grads: people in massive debt work like they have massive debt
(Again, IMO the *actual* explanation is just that doing it the way it's always done reduces personal liability for decision-makers. There is some research showing that interview processes filter poorly for ultimate employee quality, making deviation from the status quo esp risky)
This is another super valuable lens for understanding human systems: very often the explicit reasons people do things are *not* precisely the same reasons that those things are as adaptive as they are.https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1227297875719118848?s=21 …
Although, if you are lucky, you also learn what it means to actually do science, which doesn’t get explained during undergrad/master’s level STEM education. Then you have to figure out whether you can negotiate the compromises needed to get some real work done.
Scientology has multiple levels (and charges you money at each one) to "reveal the secrets" of the religion. The joke of course is that it's actually basically the South Park episode and there are no major secrets at this point.
That Xenu ref was great, but a bit extreme. Perhaps even the median academic's career in just paper shuffling, but that still leaves a lot of room for super beneficial innovation. See @alexeyguzey's write-up for a lifesci discussion.https://guzey.com/how-life-sciences-actually-work/ …
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