I have a long way to go before even start to think in that kind of stuff, but seeing the laboral market in chile not having such interesting job (there are few jobs for engineers to do actual engineering stuff imo) I find an appealing possibility to get into academia instead.
So it seems interesting to ask if anyone here has experience in academia and if is in general a good idea.
Depends where you go but office politics can be rife. It can be one of the least meritocratic places to put your skills into use.