100% agree on education and fertility. Academia is one of the worst career paths for motherhood because you can’t even relax after a terminal degree. I know several women who got a PhD and then decided to delay kids until after *tenure* which means you’re in your mid-to-late 30s if everything goes right.
I quit after my postdoc, and I know I wouldn’t have my family if I had stayed.
100% agree on education and fertility. Academia is one of the worst career paths for motherhood because you can’t even relax after a terminal degree. I know several women who got a PhD and then decided to delay kids until after *tenure* which means you’re in your mid-to-late 30s if everything goes right.
I quit after my postdoc, and I know I wouldn’t have my family if I had stayed.
100% agree on education and fertility. Academia is one of the worst career paths for motherhood because you can’t even relax after a terminal degree. I know several women who got a PhD and then decided to delay kids until after *tenure* which means you’re in your mid-to-late 30s if everything goes right.
I quit after my postdoc, and I know I wouldn’t have my family if I had stayed.