I once wanted to go into Academia…
Then I finally realized that Professors spend most of their days in meetings and management - not actual research!
Then I finally realized that Professors spend most of their days in meetings and management - not actual research!
Mostly Funding. Then each other. Then the myriad trivial yet bureaucratic things of daily life. Then research. I'd put research at like 10% of a week, so maybe 5 hours total.