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neomage2021 t1_j21t73d wrote

Reply to comment by gaudiocomplex in What, exactly, are we supposed to do until AGI gets here? by gaudiocomplex

Definitely not for STEM academia. I was making decent money in academia as a researcher at a university. Had many jobs in academia paying >100k. Left because I can make 400k+ in industry as an experienced software engineer though.

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gaudiocomplex OP t1_j21tdkt wrote

That disparity signals to me a dying industry. 🤷‍♂️

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neomage2021 t1_j21u0hr wrote

How? The companies that can pay 400k+ for engineers make a lot of profit. The fact that academia can pay 150k+ for pure scientific endeavor is pretty great. That's multiple times mroe than the average salary in the united states.

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