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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You aren't a PhD student, are you? It is 24/7 work almost year round but it does change depending on time of year. So summer is research and grant proposals, pub writing and submission--the latter is more yesr round along with conference submissions. Then you have syllabus prep and teaching/grading and advising and holding office hours. Then there is university committee and department work. So you might do admissions for undergraduate or graduate students, or Math curriculum alignment plus prepping for accreditation if you are having accreditators visit or any state licensing boards if you are in say education.

This doesn't include the politics and even if you can find a job. You may end up only finding one at a no name school in the middle of nowhere. And you could be paid the nice sum of 60k a year for this. Sometimes, if you get tenure, you can negotiate 6 figures if you go some place else as an Associate. I suggest looking at salaries at state schools. [/quote]

+1 to this. In my field the schedule isn’t the same, but overall this rings true. You’ll be pulled in different directions: better spend a lot of time preparing for and handling your class or classes, since teaching is part of what you have to do well to get tenure. You’ll have to spend time mentoring your grad student(s) and postdoc(s) since they do the grunt work for your research, and don’t forget to take on undergrad interns who consume more of your effort than they produce in results but are a necessary part of your leadership role. You’ll have to spend time writing grant proposals, sitting on review panels, and overseeing the spending on the grants — and if you don’t bring in enough money, that’ll affect your tenure decision.  And of course there’s publishing and conference presentations to get your name out there and build that tenure package.  You’ll have to spend time doing department and school work too. It’s a grind and you’ll be making under $25 an hour equivalent.  People often point out how underpaid and overworked high school teachers are, but pre-tenure professors probably have it worse. [/quote]

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