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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something's odd here. OP mentions that she has summers/winters off, which is certainly a thing in the humanities/econ/law. But in the hard sciences and to some extent in econ, summers are pretty much when you get time to either get your research/grant writing/book writing done. So summers aren't free by any means.

If she is in the hard sciences, then the timeline is all off -- Ph.Ds take 5 years (4 if you are lucky or a superstar), a postdoc of 3-5 years is a must, promotion to tenure takes 4-5 years at least and then and 4 years to a full professor promotion. So 16 years at a minimum after an undergrad. And a 38 year full professor is a rarity. And you can't get off the treadmill ever if you want to maintain funding for your lab, your research space etc. Econ is a different story but not by much. But if you have tenure and are not in the hard sciences, then taking a leave of absence is fine. [/quote]

OP mentioned she is in a high paying field that doesn’t require much postdoc experience, so definitely not hard science.  I also think she is in Econ or Business School.  Since she is full now, she will have more flexibility with summer time off, especially if she does not have lab to take care of.[/quote]

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