Your comment made me curious so I looked at his posts and he has a one about leaving academia because he wasn't happy in 2022, and a more recent one about rejoining it some months ago.
I didn't see the more recent post, so thanks for the link.
I should say that I'm still in grad school (nearing the end), so the decision hasn't been made yet. The direction I'm thinking is away from academia.
I love the academic environment, access to university resources and close proximity to lots of domain experts. However my experience as of late has been pretty isolating, as my group is almost fully remote despite nearly everyone living in the same town making motivation difficult some times. I also sometimes miss exercising my practical engineering skills, as my current work is entirely analytical/simulation. Overall its been less rewarding than I had hoped.
