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0 pointsaustinz11y ago0 comments

A "young really bright scientist/engineer putting in 120/hr weeks at a stretch" is a recipe for mental illness, low-quality output, and burnout.

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That doesn't mean it isn't normal for the early stages of a STEM career (grad school, post-doc, pre-tenure professorship) to demand such work-ethic.

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0 pointsaustinz11y ago0 comments

A "young really bright scientist/engineer putting in 120/hr weeks at a stretch" is a recipe for mental illness, low-quality output, and burnout.

That doesn't mean it isn't normal for the early stages of a STEM career (grad school, post-doc, pre-tenure professorship) to demand such work-ethic.

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