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by adrianN 3799 days ago
I have a PhD in CS and seriously considered staying in academia. I really enjoy teaching, so I would have been okay with making less than I could with an industry job. But it's not the pay that pushed me to industry, but the shitty contracts you get. I don't want to change cities or even continents every two or three years. There are no permanent positions available at all and even five year contracts are very rare.
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Given a stable‡ industry market wage job, would you ever become a part-time adjunct based on your enjoyment of and passion for teaching?

‡ Presumably perceived by you as equally as permanent as a five year academia contract.