Leaving the field

๐Ÿ•‘ 3 min • ๐Ÿ‘ค Thomas Graf • ๐Ÿ“† April 26, 2019 in Discussions • ๐Ÿท academia, buck the trend

While being a social media Luddite has many perks, it does mean occasionally missing out on an interesting thing until a resident of those walled gardens points it out to you. Most recently this was a post by Hadas Kotek about her decision to leave the field after several years in temp positions. She gives a detailed account of how she reached that decision, and Iโ€™m happy to see that it got a lot of positive feedback. However, thereโ€™s one thing that rubs me the wrong way about this whole incident, and thatโ€™s the implicit assumption that leaving the field is something that needs to be justified. If anything, it should be staying in the field that needs justification!


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