Users in this career have rated it a 2.5 in terms of their own personal satisfaction with the career. This figure represents an average taken from the responses of 100 MyPlan.com users during registration.
Users were asked to rate their happiness in their current occupation as being either "Very Happy" (4), "Happy" (3), "Mixed / Neutral" (2), "Not Happy" (1), or "Miserable" (0).
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There are 915 users in this career group. They represent 18 different countries. You can see the list of users in this career group by clicking on one of the links below. You can also join this career group simply by selecting your current status and clicking "Add Me."
Academia: this is a great career if you have a true vocation as a scholar and teacher. The intellectual rewards are high, the emotional satisfacation is real, if you have a natural bent in that direction. If you do not wish to be a scholar and teacher stay away. Gaining a Ph. D. is truly very hard work, the expense and investment in time is high, and the art is long. The rewards are real, if you value them; they key here is do you value education, because America doe not. Moreover, the financial pay-fo to you is low. Therefore, pursue a career in higher eduction if you wish to become a scholar and a teacher, but, do not go there if you expect to be valued my others or want to make money; for that, you need to go elsewhere.
Only 70% of the total cost of employment in the U.S. goes to pay wages and salaries -- the rest goes to pay benefits and employment taxes.
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