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I don't know what I'd do other than academia. Also, I actually want to be a professor, so I'm infuriated by the idea of something getting in the way of research the way I've heard many complain.
As for that blog, it has valid points, but it needs to be filtered for its bias and the fact that there's some obvious preaching to the choir going on there.
Eh, I remember during my orientation week they showed us some pie charts of expected time expenditures as a tenured professor (which is the best position you can hope to get, and that's hoping against hope that you will), and the vast majority of time spent was on administrative work and teaching responsibilities. And that was as a research professor...it would be even more lopsided as a primarily teaching professor or adjunct at small colleges, which is most likely where you're going to end up.
From experience I can honestly say that I find pretty much everything on that blog to be true. Especially the stuff about academia having a culture of fear and useless jargon. I literally cringe every time I hear or see words like "historiography" or "problematicity." FFS.
I mean, you're free to take what I (and everyone else on that blog) say as simple bitterness, but that seems to be what every wide-eyed prospective student does in the face of overwhelming negative tales of grad school. I guess it's one of those things people have to find out for themselves. So in that case, I highly recommend Usehername's advice about NOT NOT NOT attending a program unless you have full funding.