NOOOOO! A real job, surely you jest. Adjunct teaching positions for five years hoping a tenure track position will open up. $2000-$4000 per course taught usually no benefits.
If one can work summers, maybe $20,000 to $30,000 per year.
And of the course the waiting and hoping a professor retires or dies.
omgosh! all they need to do is get on a team that writes proposals for grants... it is not that difficult... i have done it, and the only skills i needed were writing skills and taking direction... and the willingness to work around the clock until that proposal is out the door--even if it meant no bathroom break just yet! i didn't even choose that job... i literally got pulled into it the first time... "hey you! come here--we need you!"