http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science

            前两天通过bbs上的链接看了, 一直没空写出来.  文章简直就是愤青思想的英文翻版. Adjusted for IQ, quantitative skills, and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States.

            不过作者为了证明自己的观点, 把Science的生涯说的有点夸张.35岁才开始assistant professor, 44岁tenure 被拒. 其实我们周围30岁之前结束postdoc, 35岁拿到tenure的人比比皆是. 但是,这也不能为science是一个好的职业选择, 添加任何筹码.

            文章比较长, 为了帮助大家阅读, 我来列个小提纲啊

1.      Why does anyone think science is a good job?

2.      Science versus the professions and business

中间这段话描述的理想中的career估计这辈子是没指望了, 只能看着心里痒了.

A good career is one that pays well, in which you have a broad choice of full-time and part-time jobs, in which there is some sort of barrier to entry so that you won't have to compete with a lot of other applicants, in which there are good jobs in every part of the country and internationally, and in which you can enjoy job security in middle age and not be driven out by young people willing to work 100 hours per week.

3.      For whom does academic science as a career make sense

讨论的结果是, 中国和印度来的廉价劳动力最适合. 头脑清醒的聪明美国人都不会去做. 

4.      What about the excitement and fun of science?

讨论结果, for most scientists, no excitement and fun at all!

5.      Why do American men (boys, actually) do it?

讨论结果,  那是他们年轻时受了误导, 做了错误的选择.

             Conclusion

            Appendix A.   把Ph.D去工业界的职业选择也否定了.

            Appendix B

"We've decided that science in America should be done by low-paid immigrants. They seem to be doing a good job. They are cheap."

这不就是说我们贱么! Angry and Sigh....

这些见解, 我们中间的一些老师在三年前就提出来了, 有眼光啊. To那些有志转行的同学, 加油!