Over on Aetiology, Tara Smith discusses the future of graduate students and post-docs – it is not looking so bright. She quotes a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article that says that the long training time, job shortages in academia, and the daunting competition for research grants is a bit of a turn-off. Smith says this isn't new but that suggestions to expose students to other options outside academia aren't usually implemented. One of her commenters notes that "non-academic employment [is not] a consolation prize."