The academic food chain, perfectly preserved in its natural habitat. On the left, we have the second-year student, evolutionarily represented by our Neanderthal friend, nodding along to complex research presentations while internally screaming "I recognize approximately three of those words." In the middle stands the postdoc, that magnificent middle-management specimen of academia, gesturing emphatically about results that took 18 months to produce but somehow must be explained in a 10-minute presentation. And finally, the PI (Principal Investigator) – the apex predator – silently judging everyone's research while mentally composing emails to secure more grant funding. Notice the fossil skeleton in the background – that's the graduate who decided to leave academia.
The Academic Food Chain

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