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What are the chances of becoming a tenured professor in physics? Is that a goal worth striving for? If a person is denied tenure, would it all have been a waste of time?

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This isn't a question about physics, but rather a question about academic practices. That's not really what this site is for. – David Zaslavsky♦ Apr 3 '11 at 9:11
I'd recommend to make some entries in registration to be obligatory. Eg age and qualification. This will not totally prevent such precoccious questions, but one could judge them easier. – Georg Apr 3 '11 at 12:39

closed as off topic by David Zaslavsky♦ Apr 3 '11 at 9:09

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