In academia, it's inevitable to come across comments like PhDs who become bankers are, in one word, bad. And there they are, judged by the fortunate us who make lighthearted comments like: "I don't do academia for money" all day long.
Wait a sec. If your family member in a third-world country is diagnosed with cancer, what you can do is precisely to become a banker. And if we call them unethical, well, they have all the right to call us evil, because let's face it, we live in the luxury of doing something we like, often farfetched, while getting paid. I...
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