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James_Miller comments on Stupid Questions (10/27/2014) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 29 October 2014 02:41:13AM 1 point [-]

I don't know what the academic job market is like in genomic science, but if you would take pleasure in teaching you might enjoy working at a liberal arts college, which would likely be a very different environment then being in a PhD program.

Comment author: zslastman 29 October 2014 02:33:38PM 1 point [-]

Teaching is something I would love to do, but I was given to understand that you basically have to do research nowadays, due to the glut of academics.

Comment author: James_Miller 29 October 2014 03:22:10PM 1 point [-]

It depends on the field and the school. If you don't care about status, you will have a much easier time finding an academic job where teaching undergrads is considered an important part of your job.