Yeah but maybe you discover something cool, and your name will be a foot note for other phd nerds to discover in their graduate level text books, while the rest of the world thanks ElonGates Ventures, and enters it into their oral histories.

The missing 5th panel would be “I’m tired of this shit. Fuck science and research. I’m going to look for a real job”. And yes, I’m in that 5th panel. Unfortunately.

I was going to comment that someone doing a postdoc who would certainly know how to spell the word “definitely”, then I realized, no they wouldn’t.

“Why do all my job applications come back negative? What the fuck does ‘overqualified’ mean‽”

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it

Where’s the “surely if I do ANOTHER postdoc I’ll be a better applicant for a TT position…”

How is education in science treated/rewarded in other countries?

What countries are front runners in actively seeking out and promoting scientific advancement for the benefit of their economy; or whatever it is that other countries seek to improve through scientific advancement?

Or has the whole world become a close-minded cesspit of greed that only sees education as a way to make a fortune off some of the world’s most capable minds whilst simultaneously crushing their spirit and holding them back?

There should be one more panel of the clown standing in a room full of four year old children:

The enormous lifelong debt that this person incurred over many years of study and will take him 50 years to pay off

There are some ways to use a PhD that the Jedi would consider “unnatural”.