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A \href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3/articles/5287/master/file/figures/academic-pyramid/academic-pyramid.jpg}{scary infographic} has been circulating for a while. It shows that only \textbf{1 in 200 Ph.D. students eventually ends up as a tenured professor}. This ratio ($0.45%$) is, yes, incredibly low and \href{http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17431/what-ratio-of-phd-graduates-in-stem-fields-ultimately-end-up-as-tenured-profes}{it has been debated}. Some other more generous estimates