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[quote=Anonymous]OP, find and talk to people in your field who have made similar career moves, ideally at a similar-size/type of institution. Make sure your vision of what an academic job looks like aligns with the reality on the ground. I'm afraid what others have said here is true. 70 hour work weeks are common. Add more time if you've never taught before. Terrible coworkers may be replaced by terrible, unmotivated students. Job security comes at the expense of many hours writing grants and then scrambling to pay your grad students (or lay them off) if the grant doesn't come through. All this isn't to say that taking at TT offer is a bad move. Just make sure you know exactly what you are getting into. [/quote]
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