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So I dug through my old posts over at the defunct Academic Jungle (*cough-cough* that electronic dust is killing my sinuses). This one from 2012 (!) makes for some fun Saturday content. Btw, Smurf is now 10 and is left-handed, like his oldest bro. Having kids, especially little ones, is a source of enormous joy and
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Originally appeared here. —————— LTR asked: I’ve heard that men get outside offers all the time, but women rarely do, leading to huge discrepancies in pay and prestige at R1s that go all in on retention and poaching. At least that’s what our provost says. How does one solicit outside offers? Especially if one kind
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A thought-provoking comic: “Scientific knowledge is drowning in a flood of research”A comic about the problems with the -omics, illustrated by Matteo Farinella https://massivesci.com/articles/chaos-in-the-brickyard-comic-matteo-farinella/ What do you think, academic blogosphere?
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AssProfLyfe asks: Wondering what your thoughts are about the future of academia overall – this comes up in casual convos with seminar speakers when they come through the department. The bloating admin, the less number of college-age students available to attend, the steady paylines of grants that don’t scale with inflation and increased payroll for
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Originally appeared here. A few weeks ago, a colleague’s postdoc sent out a draft of a paper for comments. I looked at the paper and thought, “Wait, haven’t we published everything we had on this topic years ago?” To put things in context, I had an undergrad honors student working on the theory part of
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(This post originally appeared here.) Show of hands: How many academics actually consider professional-society memberships to be useful? I recently renewed my memberships of two professional societies. They were not cheap. For one of the societies, I do not remember ever having had a real use for the membership. Ever. I understand that for people
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Smells like truth. pic.twitter.com/IDc8xuB7by — Laura Frost – Suspense Author (@LFrostWrites) November 4, 2021 pic.twitter.com/nXwO6tBlBR — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) November 3, 2021 My ex boyfriend mocked and ridiculed the premise of the book I’m almost finished writing, and I don’t think we give enough credit to the powerful motivating force of spite — Brittany Terwilliger (@Brttnyblm)
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pyrope asked: You’ve probably done this post before, but what advice would you give yourself of 5, 10, 15+ years ago?Another question – why do I have so many f*ing meetings and how do I get out of them (I’m considering faking my own death)? Second question first: Why so many meetings? I wish I
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Recently I spoke with a very stressed-out junior faculty member. They are overworked, especially with service, yet feel shackled to it, unable to handle the time drain and feeling helpless about things ever getting calmer, more manageable. I like our current chair, but they are a little too service-happy. There is a proliferation of committees
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Reader asks: How have you dealt with people taking credit for your work? I assume this has happened to you. For example, rebranding your research as theirs, seeking your input then cutting you out of a proposal, taking all the credit for committee work, claiming original development of shared course content, etc. I don’t
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