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		_3u10 on March 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Didn’t Want To Lean Out Academia for the most part sounds horrible, when I found out what string theorists get paid I was astounded, it was only slightly better than a tech support job I had 12 years ago.

jorleif on March 28, 2014 [–]

Ideally you get to work on "what you are interested in", which is the key appeal. Money-wise it is often a game for suckers.

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