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randomsearch on May 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mimetic Traps

Bureaucracy perhaps but without doubt the politics in academia are some of the most unpleasant you’ll ever encounter.

gaze on May 21, 2019 [–]

I’ve encountered truly rotten politics in industry, too. My experience though is about 6 summer internships and one relatively friendly PhD so maybe I have a rosy picture.

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