Tbh, I find that commentary about academia is often only the negative, and that can also be very hard to those trying to navigate it. Academia jobs are nuanced, as are jobs outside (spoken as someone who left a company job I didn't believe in for a job in HE that I wholeheartedly do believe in)

Yep. Find what works for you. And RE: academic commentary, I disagree. There’s lots of good news stories out there, bearing in mind a tiny fraction of academics actually use academia.