>a majority of them are miserable. They feel trapped and they feel like they have few options.
This describes the feelings many of us have towards grad school; by now there's a rich anti-grad school lit that I've contributed to in my own small way. [1] Interestingly enough, here people are risk-averse too—but instead of being awesome, the money is terrible.
The interesting thing is that very people seem to be leaving, despite the money issue, which makes her last point less analogous.
This describes the feelings many of us have towards grad school; by now there's a rich anti-grad school lit that I've contributed to in my own small way. [1] Interestingly enough, here people are risk-averse too—but instead of being awesome, the money is terrible.
The interesting thing is that very people seem to be leaving, despite the money issue, which makes her last point less analogous.
[1] http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/what-you-should-kno...