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        1. …in reply to @marcfbellemare
          @marcfbellemare I absolutely agree. The French system is a bit different but I’ve heard plenty of stories of maître de conferences (~ assistants) saying after 5 or 10 years they’re not happy in their job. Most of them are unhappy because the job does not match their expectations.
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        @marcfbellemare I’m not accusing nor judging anyone. But I can’t stop thinking that maybe too much grad students do not take the time to reflect on themselves, or to actually investigate what it means to stay in academia tasks-in-the-job-wise.
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      @marcfbellemare I have an unusually long PhD (7 years, which is horrifying for French standards). Being so lengthy was not really a decision I took, but one good side of it is that I’ve had plenty of time to actually *learn* what it means to be maître de conférences in France.
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    @marcfbellemare Reading stuff, speaking with former PhDs who are now MCF, speaking with full professors, and so on. The weird thing is that they are all willing to talk, but too few PhD students dare to ask. It’s kind of sad, because it ends with so much unhappiness.
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