Are non-academic careers intellectually rewarding?
Academia’s not the only place to challenge your mind
Are non-academic careers intellectually rewarding?
The short answer, for me, is yes, absolutely. There are a couple of caveats, naturally: it depends a lot on what you do, and it depends even more on your attitude towards it. The intellectual rewards are very different, though, so I thought it might be worth sharing some of my recent experiences.
At my fi…