Comment by gorgoiler

I’m sorry to read this — it just doesn’t feel grounded in my own lived experience.

Many of the best Engineering and Computer Science departments, around the world, operate a revolving door for people to go in and out of industry and academia and foster the strongest of relationships bridging both worlds.

Look at Roger Needham’s Wikipedia page and follow his academic family tree up and down and you’ll see what I mean.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Needham