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A little story: A couple months ago I was working with a European negotiating client who had a TT job offer in Texas. He had a secure position in Europe and would be leaving it to come here. As part … Continue reading
Category Archives: Advising Advice
I saw this thread on Twitter and invited Fay Lin to submit it as a guest post for the blog. Thank you, Fay. Fay is a 4th year PhD candidate in Biochemistry at UCLA, where she uses math modeling to … Continue reading
In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Help, I have a toxic advisor/PI? What can I do? What have other people done in … Continue reading
In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Help, I have a toxic advisor/PI? What can I do? What have other people done in … Continue reading
Dispatches From the Frontlines is our weekly advice post based on the crowdsourced wisdom of our wonderful readers. Each Monday, we crowdsource a question we get from a reader on Facebook and Twitter with a link to a google form. … Continue reading
Happy New Year, everyone! It’s the start of 2020. And, it’s also the midpoint of the academic year. That means…. a lot of people are coming back from winter break facing the stark realization that they didn’t get shortlisted for … Continue reading
I’m starting a new series of video posts this week! I hope you enjoy. I’m actively soliciting topics to address so please put them here in comments, or email me at gettenure@gmail.com Here is the blog post I mention: A … Continue reading
Kel and I had a mini work-retreat this past week, and recorded the trailer and 5 episodes of our new Professor Is In podcast! We’re also finalizing music (I love that part! Want to hear a clip? Here’s Two Sides, … Continue reading
This is Part III of a three-part series on weighing the pros and cons of taking a good NTT position vs. a less desirable tenure track position. I use “good” and “bad” advisedly just as a shorthand, because of course … Continue reading
This post and a companion post on the Academic Job Market were the summaries of two talks I gave at the University of Durham in the UK, offered by Katie Harling-Lee. For anyone curious about my in-person talks, this is … Continue reading