Comment by kamaal
13 hours ago
More importantly even if you do want it, and there are business situations that support your ambitions. You still have to do get into the managerial powerplay, which quite honestly takes a separate kind of skill set, time and effort. Which Im guessing the academia oriented people aren't willing to do.
Its pretty much dog eat dog at top management positions.
Its not exactly a space for free thinking timelines.
It is not a free thinking paradise in academia either. Different groups fighting for hiring, promotions and influence exist there, too. And it tends to be more pronounced: it is much easier in industry to find a comparable job to escape a toxic environment, so a lot of problems in academia settings steam forever.
But the skill sets to avoid and survive personnel issues in academia is different from industry. My 2c.
> Its not exactly a space for free thinking timelines.
Same goes for academia. People's visions compete for other people's financial budgets, time and other resources. Some dogs get to eat, study, train at the frontier and with top tools in top environments while the others hope to find a good enough shelter.