Comment on The Jobless Ph.D. GenerationparentComments−ryguytilidie12yI would actually argue that for each current faculty members job, there are <1 jobs, because many of these jobs will be cut completely by next generation.−Fomite12yHence the "at replacement" assumption. They usually also point out that even if the field is doubling in size, that only moves up the number to 2.
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I would actually argue that for each current faculty members job, there are <1 jobs, because many of these jobs will be cut completely by next generation.
Hence the "at replacement" assumption. They usually also point out that even if the field is doubling in size, that only moves up the number to 2.