Funk it, we quit!

Each host has thought about it, some of them still do, but none of
the hosts had the guts to do it: Quitting our PhD. With a lot of
talk on Twitter and articles documenting the mental health issues
of early career academics (see e.g. Hazell, 2020 in "Systematic
Reviews", Hazell, 2022 in the LSE blog), the question arises as to
why people do or don't quit. So the hosts of the desk reject
podcast thought it high time to discuss the topic of quitting: Both
in relation to observations they have made over their time as a
grad student, as well as to discuss when or why thoughts about
quitting became salient for them. One thing that the hosts can
agree upon - grad students should be quitting more readily than
they are at the moment. Among other things, in this episode the
hosts talk about: - reasons why they have thought about quitting -
why it is so hard for grad students to consider quitting - ideas on
what factors should be part of the decision process of quitting -
the best time (not) to quit - what the hosts would be doing if they
quit their PhD right now And much more - buckle up, it's a long
one.