Is Philosophy Really Important in Academic Matters?

i remember a, when i was in grad school, i was told, if you publish a paper in a pretty good journal that a hundred people read and two comment on it, you're doing a pretty good job. Ye, s an is 23, 24. Whenever i was startin my pigto forever go, it seems. And things have changed so much. Ah, and i think that's something that should be ina struggle against.