Quote Originally Posted by Illmaeran View Post
I'll say!

The whole of the Studium quests reminded me all too closely of real world academia. I've only recently regenerated my soul post-grad work and didn't need those needles jabbing at me again. No lie though, I also got goofy grins at times from warm fuzzies related to that time as well.
My other half finished his PhD and then lucked into a tenure track position, and is now a full professor - a feat he likens to smoking a pack a day and living to be 100. After seeing what he went through, I quit after a master's degree. {No thanks.}

Academic politics is regular office politics cranked up to 11. Alliances form and shift as policies change. Sometimes you go for a position you don't even particularly want just to make sure that other person doesn't get it.