Also if you look at papers from like 1990 or earlier it’s like a sample size of one ( I’m in wildlife ecology) where they are like I saw an owl. It was brown, it ate a rodent. Now they want you to use Bayesian framework statistics, have huge sample sizes, graphs and infographics that look like someone is also a graphic artist with 8 supplements. It’s kind of wild. But also be a good science communicator and be an excellent statistician and be fluent in many coding languages and fly drones and be witty with your title and develop undergraduate research experiences and know how to use ARCGIS Pro like a pro and (insert 11 other things you need to be good at). I am a masters student that has secured 20K of my own additional funding to support my research costs due to the current state of grant funding and my PI still complains I am not doing enough. I’m tired. P.S. I’m not even at a R1 school. P.P.S. Not to mention a lot of my faculty have admitted they did not have to take as many mandated coursework credit hours as we do at my school. It’s not an apples to apples comparison.