I read it in autumn, I think, when people started memeing it on reddit. The best interpretation I've managed to come up with is the fact that in the Soviet Union after finishing college graduates were assigned a relevant job often in distant parts of the country where their expertise was needed the most and were expected to work there for a couple of years. This, coupled with fact that you could not just be a housewife or decide to fuck around and start a band or something without having a day job, may be wrangled as being "coerced" into a scientific career.