The Prodigal Academic has a great post up about the current state of the job market.
One of the faculty positions at Prodigal U opened up because someone died. An older prof had a heart attack in the lab.
I thought this was pretty damn hard core, and I commented as such. Hell yeah! Let me keel over in lab!
It occurred to me later that thinking that work is best place to pass on might not be the healthiest mentality.
Then again, we all work ourselves to the bone....right? We kill ourselves for the job...right?