Over at the Chronicle's blog, Gene Fant's asking, "What 'perks' of your discipline do you hear people in other disciplines lament? What is the reality about those perks?"
He notes:
it's easy to envy our nonacademic counterparts in professions like law,
medicine, business, and government. I've heard more than one professor
lament, "I'm so much smarter than my friend who became a lawyer/dentist
/marketer, but I make a third the salary for my efforts and
achievements."
medicine, business, and government. I've heard more than one professor
lament, "I'm so much smarter than my friend who became a lawyer/dentist
/marketer, but I make a third the salary for my efforts and
achievements."
What I have heard is that in those other professions, the grass is always greener. Is there any chance they think the same?