I&#x27;ve heard a few people in CS say they <i>loved</i> their postdocs. My outsider&#x27;s impression is: there&#x27;s generally no teaching responsibility, no pressure or anxiety over your thesis&#x2F;graduation (the biggest stressor for a PhD), generally more flexibility in your research agenda (though it depends on the lab), less pressure to find funding, and there&#x27;s no stigma to just leaving or moving around whenever you want (it is common to leave a postdoc after just a year). Although you&#x27;re still paid poorly.