Sometimes I Worry

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It’s going to be a long time before I get paid a reasonable amount.

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  1. Mike says:
    September 1, 2009 at 8:08 am

    If I had my way, I’d switch 90% of the DoD budge to basic research and funding of science initiatives.

    That will never happen, of course. But I’ve been in the military and I know exactly how much money is wasted — not even to mention our feckless wars and other petty but disastrous adventures.

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  2. Theo says:
    September 1, 2009 at 8:59 am

    Just to cast out a ray of sunshine – I’d guess that that “average grad student stipend” probably incorporates grad students in a bunch of disciplines, and many liberal arts programs don’t pay grad students as much as the sciences (if at all). So as a science graduate student, and a smarty pants at that, you’ll probably be able to beat 21K. Plus grad school can last ~5 years, and don’t they cut off unemployment benefits after a couple of years? (not that the latter is a good thing per se).

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  3. leo says:
    September 8, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    i agree with theo, i bet you’ll beat the average. plus: hang in there, the world needs the science you’re going to produce, and badly. and the world needs scientists like you, full stop.

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