• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      The NIH postdoc rate and therefore academic standards in most places for all biomedical postdocs is ~60k. Math is an outlier by a lot.

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        I guess they have to compete with the financial sector and the likes? Over here, it varies wildly by field and by what you do.

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      I volunteered a fair bit at my college’s food pantry. The undergrads might grab one or two things. The grad students and the post docs were desperate.