Career advice (was: Why I want to be a prof)

[Julia Frugoli]

>To:            womenbio at net.bio.net
>From:          rachelle at picard.niehs.nih.gov (Rachelle J. Bienstock)
>Subject:       Re: Career advice (was: Why I want to be a prof)
>Date:          Tue, 7 May 1996 13:16:36 GMT
>
>It is not the same in every field!  In no other field do people go to
>graduate school for 5+ years where they are treated like crap and then
>do 2-3 postdocs for 4-6 years where they make $20K a year and are again
>treated like crap and work long hours...To finally emerge at close to
>age 30 with very depressing job prospects
(SNIP)


I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist!  I'm almost 40 and still in grad 
school (I had a few detours along the way).  I'd guess I should be even 
more depressed! :).


Julia Frugoli
Dartmouth College

visiting grad student at
Texas A&M University
Department of Biological Sciences
College Station, TX 77843
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