Over 99% of students who attempt your "mostly quiet" strategy are managed entirely out of academia long before tenure.
You won the lottery, which is great for you, but it's not a strategy to promote to others as life advice.
Over 99% of students who attempt your "mostly quiet" strategy are managed entirely out of academia long before tenure.
You won the lottery, which is great for you, but it's not a strategy to promote to others as life advice.
I'm not tenured and I doubt I will ever be and I'm not even interested in it. I have a support role in academia, get to teach, and am pretty well compensated (though I make 2-3x less than I could in the private sector. But its enough.)