Post B3AIUZGbu6QuHstVjM by jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #B3AIUREXlu1hN9rkOm by jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz
       2026-02-06T08:19:38Z
       
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       It is so hard to retain good students… they all go to work for companies that can pay them in one year a decade of junior academic income. I won’t actually claim that industrial employment is more stable than junior academic employment (it used to be, but I think it isn’t anymore) — but when you can make 10X salary, it kind of doesn’t matter.Each year I have a great Masters-level student who then goes to work at Jane Street, Meta, or similar. I don’t blame them, that’s almost certainly the correct life decision. I also don’t blame those companies for paying so much. I just wish we could compete in the academy. We are experiencing a serious brain drain…
       
 (DIR) Post #B3AIUZGbu6QuHstVjM by jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz
       2026-02-06T09:14:44Z
       
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       And the Labour government's bizarre immigration policies are going to cause another brain drain...It's so strange. People asked Labour to “stop the boats” (migrants breaking the law), and Labour responds by making ILR almost impossible for skilled workers immigrating legally. That is literally what nobody asked for...(Don't take my comment as an endorsement of illegal immigration crackdowns. I am just saying that Labour's response to popular concerns about illegal immigration is really weird and is to make Britain even more impoverished relative to the developed world than it already is.)