For those of you still thinking of pursuing an academic career…
Rana compares the academic job market to Survivor. Survivor comes out looking like the more promising option:
the odds of success are probably about the same, and while both can in theory lead to national fame and a million dollars, Survivor is over in less than two months and while physically challenging, probably has less long-term impact on one’s self-esteem (at least to judge by the people on the show this season).
Heh. I’m going to have to start watching more reality shows.
Glad you liked it. 🙂
This season’s Survivor was quite good. Unfortunately, one result of having real people being “cast” is that watchability (sic) depends a lot on which season you see; sometimes the contestants are wonderfully funny or scheming, but sometimes just whiny jerks.