If you&#x27;re doing industry-relevant research and you&#x27;re in academia, leave. Your work can be supported by corporate profits because it is in essence for corporate profit. Get a job in industry, make more money, and make room for academics who want to do honest-to-god academics and work on theory or fundamental research. Or who want to do research relevant to improving society, not improving profit margins.<p>There aren&#x27;t that many professor jobs out there. It&#x27;s unbelievably greedy to be taking one up to do industry&#x27;s dirty work.<p>You can always take an afternoon off a semester here and there to be an adjunct and teach a SE class or give a guest lecture.