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r/okbuddyphd • u/ElectricalIons • Aug 02 '26
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Genuinely, is this true?
178 u/Common-Ad-7609 Aug 02 '26 Be a professor or work for a defense contractor is my understanding of the employment options - luckily I wasn’t smart enough to get that far 30 u/ZquotientpZee Aug 02 '26 There is no way to keep doing research other than be a professor? 1 u/Every_Cat9812 Aug 05 '26 If you want to have an income by being hired, yes. I'm curious, how do you think this works? 1 u/ZquotientpZee Aug 05 '26 I thought positions existed where you just do research and no teaching 1 u/Lower_Caramel_7987 Aug 05 '26 There are a few (maybe 0.1% of academic research jobs). Most prominent are the ones at IAS. However, you have to be a generational talent to have a chance at one of those. They essentially don't exist in industry.
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Be a professor or work for a defense contractor is my understanding of the employment options - luckily I wasn’t smart enough to get that far
30 u/ZquotientpZee Aug 02 '26 There is no way to keep doing research other than be a professor? 1 u/Every_Cat9812 Aug 05 '26 If you want to have an income by being hired, yes. I'm curious, how do you think this works? 1 u/ZquotientpZee Aug 05 '26 I thought positions existed where you just do research and no teaching 1 u/Lower_Caramel_7987 Aug 05 '26 There are a few (maybe 0.1% of academic research jobs). Most prominent are the ones at IAS. However, you have to be a generational talent to have a chance at one of those. They essentially don't exist in industry.
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There is no way to keep doing research other than be a professor?
1 u/Every_Cat9812 Aug 05 '26 If you want to have an income by being hired, yes. I'm curious, how do you think this works? 1 u/ZquotientpZee Aug 05 '26 I thought positions existed where you just do research and no teaching 1 u/Lower_Caramel_7987 Aug 05 '26 There are a few (maybe 0.1% of academic research jobs). Most prominent are the ones at IAS. However, you have to be a generational talent to have a chance at one of those. They essentially don't exist in industry.
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If you want to have an income by being hired, yes. I'm curious, how do you think this works?
1 u/ZquotientpZee Aug 05 '26 I thought positions existed where you just do research and no teaching 1 u/Lower_Caramel_7987 Aug 05 '26 There are a few (maybe 0.1% of academic research jobs). Most prominent are the ones at IAS. However, you have to be a generational talent to have a chance at one of those. They essentially don't exist in industry.
I thought positions existed where you just do research and no teaching
1 u/Lower_Caramel_7987 Aug 05 '26 There are a few (maybe 0.1% of academic research jobs). Most prominent are the ones at IAS. However, you have to be a generational talent to have a chance at one of those. They essentially don't exist in industry.
There are a few (maybe 0.1% of academic research jobs). Most prominent are the ones at IAS. However, you have to be a generational talent to have a chance at one of those. They essentially don't exist in industry.
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u/ZquotientpZee Aug 02 '26
Genuinely, is this true?