Signs of academic morbidity.

So, my one animation professor friend from the art school where I used to work was saying that he's going to retire as early as possible, just eight more years to go.

He said that art school used to be more fun and people would put stuff up in the hallways, but now it's all weird and professionalized and it's just not as much fun as it used to be.

That's funny, him and both of the readers on my dissertation committee all feel the same way, and all want to retire as soon as they can.

For all of them, their profession has ceased to be pleasurable, and perhaps even tolerable.

That's certainly not a ringing endorsement for the health of a sector!