Academia is shit
This is my first blog post - ever. Starting strong.
I’ve worked in and around academic research for many years now (mostly as a bioinformatician). I’ve seen and experienced a lot of shit (probably did some of it to other people... if so, I am sorry, I am trying to do better). Things people quietly put up with, things they tolerate even though they know better, and sometimes things they choose to take part in, despite knowing exactly how rotten it is.
If you’ve been around long enough, you realise none of this is new. The same stories repeat themselves — just with new faces (and occasionally the same ones).
And yet, somehow, the same shitty things keep on happening.
So you know, let's just talk about it - until everyone's talking about it.