An ex-academic data scientist I know said once:

In academia, you have to be a “star” (out-impress and/or out-grind most of your junior peers) to score a long-term job and have a say in location.

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I think:

For most industry tech jobs, the “median” career stress is around workplace/promotion/trajectory/raises. At the end of the day, most folks are paid well and have a lot of say in the company and location.

The “median” career stress for junior academics is existential.

Toxic workplaces and career-threatening inequities for sure also happen in tech, and I don’t want to de-emphasize that.

A lot of folks in tech have the freedom to leave toxic jobs/bosses, seek out better opportunities, pivot roles, move somewhere else… at any time they choose.

I heard one tech recruiter quote a big consulting firm: “There was a war for talent (in tech), and talent won.”

Just as one example: Basecamp leadership announced “no more political talk at work” earlier this week.

Today, multiple employees are publicly sharing their resignations on Twitter.