[s0rce]

I think that all postdocs should stay in academia, why else would you do a postdoc? I assume (maybe wrong?) that most of the postdocs had intended to stay when starting the postdoc.

[jcelerier]

You can do research during your postdoc with chill timelines and pretty much 100% autonomy on your topic and then bootstrap a company with the ideas you've developed during said postdoc? In many countries the postdoc owns the IP of the research they're doing

[ikrenji]

i never heard of the postdoc owning the IP. it's always the university

[nomel]

Postdoc can be very advantageous on a resume. Where I am, if it's remotely related, you start at a higher engineering level than a PhD.

[s0rce]

Big opportunity cost.

[Aunche]

It's significantly easier to get a Visa from academia than work

[s0rce]

Good point, didn't consider that. Makes sense there are some people choosing postdocs for immigration assistance or following a partner.