I think "a long career doing satisfying work, whilst having a normal life with family and your own roof over your head" is possible only in academia if you can get faculty position quickly. Although, the probability of getting grants is so small that it hardly can be called "normal life".
It's just sad that you create new technologies for U.S. and getting cold shoulder from Uncle Sam.
I don't think it's uncommon in technology or engineering. There are tens (hundreds?) of thousands of "normal" engineering jobs at places like IBM and Lockheed that have fairly good job security, pay well, and don't involve insane working hours.
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I think "a long career doing satisfying work, whilst having a normal life with family and your own roof over your head" is possible only in academia if you can get faculty position quickly. Although, the probability of getting grants is so small that it hardly can be called "normal life".
It's just sad that you create new technologies for U.S. and getting cold shoulder from Uncle Sam.
I don't think it's uncommon in technology or engineering. There are tens (hundreds?) of thousands of "normal" engineering jobs at places like IBM and Lockheed that have fairly good job security, pay well, and don't involve insane working hours.