Oof.

Just master's out and tapdance away from that nonsense.

Join us in the work force with options like: (a) high salary but 50+ hr weeks and you'll either thrive or want to kill yourself in 2 years, or (b) pennies and prestigious temp jobs because they literally can't make permanent positions because their budget is not under their control, or (c) run your own business like everyone else in a saturated market for a niche job! Make sure you are prepared for liability and the possibility of getting sued.

It's fun....out here....in not-academia.

This is so accurate it hurts. This also goes for review comments on papers.

Reminds me of a recorded anthropology talk I saw about why humans are the only hominid out there now, and how strange that is. At the end, there was a open question segment, and the first fucking question was "How does this relate to race?"

This also applies to feedback on video games

After the candidate leaves the room: "okay so we don't know their advisor and they're not from a prestigious program so that's an automatic no, right? Glad we could get the token plebian out of the way so we can look at the serious candidates. Sorry, Wendy, I know you planned on collaborating with them and said some things about "good work" but we've gotta keep our ability to attract talent.