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[–] Liz@midwest.social 15 points 6 months ago

There's a reason we have to import so many of our PhD candidates. It's because it's a raw fucking deal. Even in areas where pay is high for researchers, it's still a borderline pointless gauntlet of humiliation to prove abilities you could have just gained on the job anyway.