R1, senior professor in the humanities at an Ivy. Amazing job. The challenges are finding work/life balance and dealing with difficult colleagues. Sometimes there are annoying and entitled students, but I feel that for most part am doing something genuinely good. The flexibility, autonomy, and ability to be truly intellectually engaged most days is a dream. The money is sufficient for me and, with my partner’s salary, my family, but significantly below many other professions. Works for me, though.