Just finished my EE honors thesis. I liked doing the academic work but I hated the academic writing (although I'm apparently pretty good at it based on my grades). The lit review is really the biggest pain in the ass I have. I can write about my own work all day since I already have intuitive knowledge and don't need any sources, but needing to back up every fucking sentence I utter in the lit review drives me insane.
what do?
do I just become another cog in the industrial machine? Or is there a way to do academic work without needing to write a fucking 50,000 word lit review? Honestly I think this reference driven academic process is more detrimental than beneficial. It's just a giant fucking circlejerk of people referencing each other and contributing 5% original ideas.