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by namelosw 1937 days ago
I believe the biggest one is sunk cost which you have already mentioned.

> Among my late-stage PhD friends, it feels like 80% are unhappy

The industry is much better, not because it's inherently less abusive and there are still a lot of abusive employers, but because people can easily leave without too much sunk cost and go find non-abusive workplaces.