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I only managed to produce one paper in 6 months of research. How do I survive? (sh.itjust.works)
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I am in the field of applied math, and it took me 6 months to produce a paper. And now, I am out of ideas for new papers.

What should I do? How do I even continue? This is sooo difficult..

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

For me it was far far far easier to get a decent job in computers than academia. More importantly my computer job is far easier than teaching or doing research. It pays far more money. I have far more job security, healthcare security, geographic security, etc. I have co-workers than I know and like...

My advice would be to ditch academia and just get an entry-level computer job, but it took me far too long to take this advice myself.

(Also you're in another country, so I don't know how that affects any of my questionable advice.)