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Infinite Loops

The Critical Barrier to Getting Hired for a Faculty Position

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There is an elastic capacity in the system to accommodate more and more of them, which is called the postoc. Post stocks have become the actual work horses for life science research in recent years. The entire financial model of how science is funded has become arranged on cheap poststocks who get paid forty to forty five k a year. So that's how the labor market of science works, all backed up into this gate keeping around. There's no other way to build a reputation. Now twitter has really caused some problems for this, because now, as young pt student or post tock, you have the ability to go direct to your audience and tell them directly what you're working on. This

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