Three Reasons not to Work in IT Research in Academia*

*These reasons describe my common observations. If you do not agree with them, please express yourself by leaving a comment!

• You would usually get paid more in the private sector, or work less in the public sector.
• Your colleagues usually possess a subset of properties from {old, geek, male}.
• Your work will usually not make any impact on the world outside the academic community.

Of course there are many positive exceptions and if you know some of them, tell me that I just got pessimistic! :)