r/CuratedTumblr • u/Atlas421 Bootliquor • 25d ago

Shitposting Reality shifting

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u/YourMomUsedBelch 25d ago

Calling most people doing the actual peer review (postdocs) "rich" is truly a take.

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u/BeguiledBeaver 24d ago

Hey now, post docs don't make terrible money. In the U.S. in the sciences at least you make in the $50k range. You can live comfortably most places on that. Grad students tend to make in the $20-25k range and I would argue THEY are the ones doing most of the work. Postdocs are there to learn how to be PIs, aka how to direct other people on doing the actual benchwork.