I am actually a female PhD candidate in chemical engineering. When I first started thinking of graduate school, I was pretty convinced that I wanted to be a professor. That desire rapidly faded as I started watching some professors go through the tenure process and put up with, frankly, a lot of BS. Since then, I've lined myself up for an R&D job in big oil or some related company, but would like to perhaps end up getting back into teaching (probably without the research group) down the line.
Actual question: Do you feel being in a very competitive academic environment made/makes life hard to balance? Do you feel your gender makes that balance easier or harder than normal?
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Hey Professor!
I am actually a female PhD candidate in chemical engineering. When I first started thinking of graduate school, I was pretty convinced that I wanted to be a professor. That desire rapidly faded as I started watching some professors go through the tenure process and put up with, frankly, a lot of BS. Since then, I've lined myself up for an R&D job in big oil or some related company, but would like to perhaps end up getting back into teaching (probably without the research group) down the line.
Actual question: Do you feel being in a very competitive academic environment made/makes life hard to balance? Do you feel your gender makes that balance easier or harder than normal?
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