'Academia is assigning yourself homework and complaining about it': researchers joke
peter_richtarik · x · 2026-09-22
Sabrina Little joked on X: "Being an academic is just assigning yourself lots of homework and then saying to yourself, 'Wow, I have so much homework.' I love it." Optimization professor Peter Richtarik quote-shared it with "Not not true."
A one-liner that nails the researcher's daily paradox — freedom and self-imposed grind are two sides of the same coin.
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