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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The percentage of tenure track professors having parents with a PhD is probably more about their ability to navigate the academic system and family/household SES than inherited intelligence. I don't think was especially brilliant relative to my peers, but I knew how to get the opportunities I needed at each stage because my parents and their friends gave me guidance.

- A PhD daughter of a tenured track professor and MD-PhD clinician.[/quote]
Totally agree with this. I am not in academia but was on that career path early on and have taught as an adjunct as a side gig. I know a lot of people in academia at many levels (full professors to career adjuncts) around the country and the ones who did well all had parents who were successful academics. The ones who never got higher than adjunct or lecturer did not. It’s a world unto itself and the rules are hard to grasp. I have always thought that they understood it better because they were around it all their lives and got advice from their parents, which makes sense, as that’s what parents do.[/quote]

My father has a PhD and works in government (think NIH) and I thought a lot about getting PhD but I couldn't justify the leap. I make way more money than my father ever made and arguably have better work-life balance. Getting a PhD is such a leap of faith and I know so many people with PhDs who are not in roles that require a PhD. [/quote]

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