ascention

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Nah.

I quit grad school and made 250k in California smoking weed everyday. My postdoc buddies are still stuck in publish or perish and teaching in no name European universities.
- Can you give me a reference? I too want to make $250k by smoking weed
  
  Become a Java programmer at a large enterprise
  
  Get good at programming systems that mix audio and control stage lighting, speakers, distortion effects, etc.
  
  The move to California.
- Leaving academia was definitely one of the best choices I ever made for my (physical, mental and financial) health.
  
  I don't regret doing my PhD, but I definitely spent two years too many on the postdoc treadmill.
Nah, that's just an integer underflow.
-2147483648→+2147483647
Yet you are still a broke ass fuck. You just found salvation in instant ramen.
- Ramen is a case study to prove the phrase "you can't polish shit" wrong.
Hang in there, @fossilesque
- I cri everitiem
Starting now, can't wait for the eternal pressure and existential dread!

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