[PakG1]

Me? I just realized I'm not motivated to get up to work in industry. I just can't get up to chase and achieve goals that serve the needs of shareholders or any other stakeholders. In academia, I probably still won't care about the stakeholders, but I'll at least get to explore stuff that interest me. Well, that's the hope anyway! Haha!

Reminds me of how many entrepreneurs don't become entrepreneurs to become rich. They do it to become free from having bosses. Except for me, I'm not sure I'd be able to make it as an entrepreneur if I only chase what interests me instead of what a market wants. If I chase what the market wants instead of what interests me, my motivation drops. Been there, tried that. So... here I am. Even though it's painful right now.

[glomgril]

Savor it while you can. As a former academic, for me the lack of intrinsic motivation to "create value for shareholders" is the hardest part of working in industry.