1. A career in science is horribly unfriendly to a balanced life. There is no security or safety, every step of the way 90% of people are going to jump or be pushed. Everyone is smart at the top, that isn’t enough, you also have to be lucky and obsessively determined. Most tenure-track professors don’t even take weekends or holidays - they can’t afford to be left behind.
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