On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Louis_Schmier wrote:
> Robin, from your perspective, do you think there is some sort of stigma of
> taking your Ph.D. into industry, something "unprofessional?" Or, is that
> sort of attitude toward industry is something of an arrogance and egotism?
>
Louis, from my perspective, I have been in "industry" all my working life.
I want to be in academia because I want to teach college students,
something that I should think you would have sympathy with.
If anyone thinks I'm lowering myself by going into industry then they're
an idiot; anything besides academia would be a second-best in *my* eyes
simply because it's not what I want.
I don't give a damn about stigma or "professional" status or anything
else. I'm concerned about what kind of work I get to do and what kind of a
life outside of work I will have.
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Robin Pearce "The wit of a graduate student is like champagne.
Boston University Canadian champagne."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] --Robertson Davies
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