I&#x27;m not undermining him at all, I&#x27;m simply sharing the broader context behind him resigning, which he omitted from his post. Even though he may not have been academically successful, it looks like he&#x27;s got the street smarts necessary to make it in the real world, which you definitely can&#x27;t say for many of the postdocs trapped in academia. And having seen some of the utterly ignorant comments people make online (including on HN) and in person about the biomedical sciences, we could use more people who both understand the science and can communicate it to the broader public.