u/Drofmum

There seems to be a common opinion among non-academics that "academia" is not a *real* job.

I've worked in both academia and in industry, and from my experience they are more or less the same. A lot of meetings, planning and executing projects, delivering deliverables, administrating, managing people, etc. Yet, go on any post by academics looking for non-academic jobs you have people telling them that they have no experience and they should expect start at the bottom with an entry level graduate role.

Unfortunately, I think this opinion is shared not only by random Internet commenters, but also among hiring managers for many jobs. Anyway, no real purpose to this post other than to vent my frustration.

Good luck out there, everyone!