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by vecter 1468 days ago
That's not really fair either. There are plenty of brilliant people in academia who don't care for big paychecks from corporations.
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The ones I talk to all complain about the poor pay, relative to how much people make in industry. A few make the jump, especially those whose discipline allow them to transition easily to industry.

But try to be a tenure-track professor in biology at a mid academic institution. You are fed up, you want more money, money you think you deserve. Where do you go at, say, fifty years old?