This guy is pretty awesome. And that right there is the closest I will get to the Superbowl.
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05:48:27 PM,
Sunday 7 February 2010
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This comic is even better as a metaphor for grad school
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06:25:12 PM,
Saturday 6 February 2010
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A hero died this week
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09:18:59 AM,
Saturday 6 February 2010
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I've got to say that "Wintry Mix" is probably the #1 reason not to live in NC. Hope the rest of you enjoy your snow.
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08:57:26 AM,
Friday 5 February 2010
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I'm starting to think that in the battle to the death between me and this paper it may actually win. All of my colleagues have great suggestions for improvement, all of which increase exponentially the work required before submission. So ready for this to be over.
The advise has never been more true: Don't go to grad school if there's anything else in your life you can possibly imagine doing that doesn't require grad school. If you really really want to be an academic, look at the number of job ads in your field and what they're expecting of their applicants versus the number of applicants and what their qualifications are.
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11:04:18 AM,
Wednesday 3 February 2010
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Two worst job hunting stories I heard yesterday:
1)From a friend who applied for a tenure track position at a small liberal arts college where she had adjuncted last year and was still on their faculty listserve. She found out via that listserve that they were interviewing people who were not her.
2)From the ecology job hunting wiki, where jobs and their hiring progression are unofficially posted by candidates the better to commiserate (and gloat if you actually get an interview or job). "The rejection email didn't even bother to say what university it was from. I had to look at the email address to figure out who was rejecting me. WTF?"
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09:59:42 AM,
Wednesday 3 February 2010
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