You are free because you are willing to walk

[cunctator_]

where ever you go if you leave science you are likely to face the same fight, because it is in the nature of modern life and modern organizations. So why not stay to fight it in a place where the outcome can be to discover truth

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[birdwatcher]

Вот он и распорядился свободой! You are not free if you are simply willing to walk.

[ens_a_se]

People in academia like to speculate about thing they have no clue about. Yeah, all of them like to talk about career in industry, although a few of them ever worked outside academia (some had internships). I always tell them - no, in industry the communication protocol between people is much-much-much healthier, you are not expected to work 50+ hours a week, there is no casts (phd students, post-docs, professors). There are some extreme cases but I'm talking about average. It is easier to think that there is no heaven because if there is a heaven somewhere, you must change your life to get there. But according to the minimum energy principle, it is easier to change the state of the mind about that - believe that the hell is everywhere.

[cunctator_]

It varies a lot with the discipline. I find the distinction made here: http://users.livejournal.com/cunctator_/20637.html to be informative as to both whether to expect the protocol to be healthy and for people from academia to have any clue.