Number of open faculty positions in CompSci exceeds candidates by a factor of 5
Universities need to start incentivizing lower down the chain to pump up their graduate level programs.<p>The common understanding is that grad school is hell and this is quite systemic in that the environment pretty much becomes a form of hazing. This toxic &quot;survivor&quot; mentality persists and is further enforced and romanticized which each generation of graduates.<p>If you&#x27;re the masochistic type you might as well hop into the startup game where the upside in financial &#x2F; social &#x2F; and prestige capital is much higher. Going to grad school and not surviving is a greater stain on your record than founding a company and failing.<p>If you&#x27;re looking for something low risk and stable then grabbing an entry level engineer position wherever is a much more pleasant step and there are legitimate pathways to equally respectable positions, even in research, without going through the academic gauntlet.