A breakdown of sources, comparison data, and areas to negotiate. — Academics don’t typically get into their fields for the money — no surprise there — but I often get asked, just how much more do industry researchers make? This made me realize academics really don’t know how much they can earn in industry. To be fair, I had no clue…

If you’re reading this you probably know that proposals (read money) and publications (read credit) are the currency of academia. The more proposals you have the more funding to do research by purchasing resources, hiring students, etc. …