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o551bm | askacademia_train | 0.97 | How the hell do you enjoy reading papers? I am a STEM student about to go into his final year of undergrad. I have been reading scientific papers and conducting research since my first semester and while I have gotten *better* at reading papers, it still sucks SO much to do so. I do not know what it is. Every time I start reading a paper I get like a page in and my mind goes 'wow this is boring and it sucks' and I stop. I will all the time hear post-docs and my PI talk about how cool a paper was and I cannot fathom how they think so. To be perfectly clear, I think my research is amazing and I love learning. Lectures are my favorite thing but something about scientific papers just turns me off so hard. Does anyone else feel this way? Does anyone have tips on how to make papers more palatable? | h2luof7 | h2mi1ga | 1,624,327,217 | 1,624,342,640 | 2 | 3 | Happens over time. I'm able to sort of skim my eyes over bits like historical precedent and significance statements. Typically I read the abstract them go to the methods. If the methods are crap I don't need to continue. If they are good I read the results, scan the intro, then read the conclusion. | It's not about enjoyment - scientists for the most part don't read papers for entertainment. It's about being hungry for the knowledge contained in them. It's like reading a menu at a restaurant - every line is imbued with the possibility of the dish you might order. No one reads a menu just for the sake of it. It's fine not to desperately enjoy this process at undergrad - but with time it will come if you're passionate about the topic. | 0 | 15,423 | 1.5 |
o551bm | askacademia_train | 0.97 | How the hell do you enjoy reading papers? I am a STEM student about to go into his final year of undergrad. I have been reading scientific papers and conducting research since my first semester and while I have gotten *better* at reading papers, it still sucks SO much to do so. I do not know what it is. Every time I start reading a paper I get like a page in and my mind goes 'wow this is boring and it sucks' and I stop. I will all the time hear post-docs and my PI talk about how cool a paper was and I cannot fathom how they think so. To be perfectly clear, I think my research is amazing and I love learning. Lectures are my favorite thing but something about scientific papers just turns me off so hard. Does anyone else feel this way? Does anyone have tips on how to make papers more palatable? | h2mi1ga | h2lxrkn | 1,624,342,640 | 1,624,328,950 | 3 | 2 | It's not about enjoyment - scientists for the most part don't read papers for entertainment. It's about being hungry for the knowledge contained in them. It's like reading a menu at a restaurant - every line is imbued with the possibility of the dish you might order. No one reads a menu just for the sake of it. It's fine not to desperately enjoy this process at undergrad - but with time it will come if you're passionate about the topic. | you don't have a question or problem in mind. usually when we look at a paper, we want to find for example the concentration of a reagent that they used, or how did they cure the disease in the animal, what type of animal was it and how long did they live extra etc. As soon as I get the answer to that question I just move on, its just a quick glance 3-5mins. You don't have to read the whole thing, I know ur feeling to try to push thru the introduction and methods of the paper, usually I don't read the introduction, since its all fluff, I only read intro if its the first time in a brand new topic. Don't feel the need to read everything, just find what you need and move on, this will make it way easier. | 1 | 13,690 | 1.5 |
o551bm | askacademia_train | 0.97 | How the hell do you enjoy reading papers? I am a STEM student about to go into his final year of undergrad. I have been reading scientific papers and conducting research since my first semester and while I have gotten *better* at reading papers, it still sucks SO much to do so. I do not know what it is. Every time I start reading a paper I get like a page in and my mind goes 'wow this is boring and it sucks' and I stop. I will all the time hear post-docs and my PI talk about how cool a paper was and I cannot fathom how they think so. To be perfectly clear, I think my research is amazing and I love learning. Lectures are my favorite thing but something about scientific papers just turns me off so hard. Does anyone else feel this way? Does anyone have tips on how to make papers more palatable? | h2mh9cz | h2mi1ga | 1,624,341,976 | 1,624,342,640 | 2 | 3 | Read them with a particular question in mind (e.g. how will this paper help me to X?) This will help you focus on stuff that is directly relevant for you and therefore less boring. You will also be inclined to skip or quick-scan boring parts that are clearly not relevant for your question. | It's not about enjoyment - scientists for the most part don't read papers for entertainment. It's about being hungry for the knowledge contained in them. It's like reading a menu at a restaurant - every line is imbued with the possibility of the dish you might order. No one reads a menu just for the sake of it. It's fine not to desperately enjoy this process at undergrad - but with time it will come if you're passionate about the topic. | 0 | 664 | 1.5 |
7vyt6k | askacademia_train | 0.94 | The other day, I saw someone ask why anyone would even get a PhD. As I lay here on the floor of my office having an allergic reaction to MucinexDM, I am reminded why I don’t work in the corporate world. This is why. So we can lay on the floor and suffer in peace. | dtwffgu | dtw8kc6 | 1,518,042,282 | 1,518,035,870 | 51 | 31 | Professorship = naps I rarely take them but love knowing I can. | Was just having this discussion with my colleague this morning, except our floor-laying misery is from Meniere's disease. Thanks academia! | 1 | 6,412 | 1.645161 |
7vyt6k | askacademia_train | 0.94 | The other day, I saw someone ask why anyone would even get a PhD. As I lay here on the floor of my office having an allergic reaction to MucinexDM, I am reminded why I don’t work in the corporate world. This is why. So we can lay on the floor and suffer in peace. | dtwewk9 | dtwffgu | 1,518,041,772 | 1,518,042,282 | 11 | 51 | I do it in the corporate world and I can afford better drugs!! | Professorship = naps I rarely take them but love knowing I can. | 0 | 510 | 4.636364 |
7vyt6k | askacademia_train | 0.94 | The other day, I saw someone ask why anyone would even get a PhD. As I lay here on the floor of my office having an allergic reaction to MucinexDM, I am reminded why I don’t work in the corporate world. This is why. So we can lay on the floor and suffer in peace. | dtwewk9 | dtwi762 | 1,518,041,772 | 1,518,045,062 | 11 | 27 | I do it in the corporate world and I can afford better drugs!! | When I was in the private sector I had that sort of autonomy. I left it because most private sector fields are fully neoliberal, and the academy isn't, yet. Plenty of knowledge work jobs offer that sort of flexibility, they're just more volatile, more susceptible to short term market shifts, and more likely to radically shift when middle or upper management does. Basically, no tenure. | 0 | 3,290 | 2.454545 |
7vyt6k | askacademia_train | 0.94 | The other day, I saw someone ask why anyone would even get a PhD. As I lay here on the floor of my office having an allergic reaction to MucinexDM, I am reminded why I don’t work in the corporate world. This is why. So we can lay on the floor and suffer in peace. | dtwewk9 | dtwtheo | 1,518,041,772 | 1,518,057,201 | 11 | 18 | I do it in the corporate world and I can afford better drugs!! | I got out of academia and went into the corporate world and I work from home. Just sayin’! | 0 | 15,429 | 1.636364 |
7vyt6k | askacademia_train | 0.94 | The other day, I saw someone ask why anyone would even get a PhD. As I lay here on the floor of my office having an allergic reaction to MucinexDM, I am reminded why I don’t work in the corporate world. This is why. So we can lay on the floor and suffer in peace. | dtwnku2 | dtwtheo | 1,518,050,742 | 1,518,057,201 | 2 | 18 | When I taught at the college level, my office was miserable. Tiny, smelly carpet, horrible heat and A.C. system in building... heard all the shenanigans from the hall. I may not have as much privacy now that I'm back to teaching high school, but my office and salary situations are honestly much better. | I got out of academia and went into the corporate world and I work from home. Just sayin’! | 0 | 6,459 | 9 |
7vyt6k | askacademia_train | 0.94 | The other day, I saw someone ask why anyone would even get a PhD. As I lay here on the floor of my office having an allergic reaction to MucinexDM, I am reminded why I don’t work in the corporate world. This is why. So we can lay on the floor and suffer in peace. | dtwnku2 | dtwvfx7 | 1,518,050,742 | 1,518,059,401 | 2 | 3 | When I taught at the college level, my office was miserable. Tiny, smelly carpet, horrible heat and A.C. system in building... heard all the shenanigans from the hall. I may not have as much privacy now that I'm back to teaching high school, but my office and salary situations are honestly much better. | I lay on my office floor often! If I didn’t snore loudly I would nap. | 0 | 8,659 | 1.5 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grel9t4 | greima7 | 1,616,099,717 | 1,616,098,532 | 293 | 199 | The expectation (and obligation) to do free addition work in an already underpaid job. I mean this for grad students, post docs and most faculty. | Reviewers insisting you cite *their* work in your paper-to-be. People publishing half a dozen papers on the same thing, in different journals, just modifying their system a little bit, self-plagiarizing entire paragraphs from the introduction ond methods. Cliques among grant proposal reviewers pushing their friends' proposals and knocking down prospective proposals of those outside the clique. | 1 | 1,185 | 1.472362 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grel9t4 | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,099,717 | 55 | 293 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | The expectation (and obligation) to do free addition work in an already underpaid job. I mean this for grad students, post docs and most faculty. | 0 | 1,095 | 5.327273 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greima7 | grez3tn | 1,616,098,532 | 1,616,106,095 | 199 | 249 | Reviewers insisting you cite *their* work in your paper-to-be. People publishing half a dozen papers on the same thing, in different journals, just modifying their system a little bit, self-plagiarizing entire paragraphs from the introduction ond methods. Cliques among grant proposal reviewers pushing their friends' proposals and knocking down prospective proposals of those outside the clique. | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | 0 | 7,563 | 1.251256 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grez3tn | grete04 | 1,616,106,095 | 1,616,103,422 | 249 | 198 | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | 1 | 2,673 | 1.257576 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grep3le | grez3tn | 1,616,101,440 | 1,616,106,095 | 172 | 249 | Some professors are objectively super smart. Some are the opposite. | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | 0 | 4,655 | 1.447674 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grev4vq | grez3tn | 1,616,104,235 | 1,616,106,095 | 171 | 249 | Grad students that do well have additional financial support (family, spouse, savings ect). Yes, even if they get stipends. | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | 0 | 1,860 | 1.45614 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grez3tn | grepcw9 | 1,616,106,095 | 1,616,101,557 | 249 | 152 | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | Tenure is a bit of a trap. By the time you get it, you don't have many friends, hobbies, or other interests left anyway, and by the time you realize that it's too late for many of us to start off on a different career path, so there really isn't anything left to do but continue working your ass off. Yes, things ease up and life improves in many ways, but the game doesn't change all that much, you just become less vulnerable and more inured to it. | 1 | 4,538 | 1.638158 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greyrhk | grez3tn | 1,616,105,932 | 1,616,106,095 | 108 | 249 | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | 0 | 163 | 2.305556 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grez3tn | greou7w | 1,616,106,095 | 1,616,101,320 | 249 | 90 | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 4,775 | 2.766667 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grez3tn | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,106,095 | 55 | 249 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | 0 | 7,473 | 4.527273 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grez3tn | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,106,095 | 60 | 249 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | 0 | 3,951 | 4.15 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grez3tn | gret2o7 | 1,616,106,095 | 1,616,103,275 | 249 | 29 | The vast majority of us will not get tenure track positions. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 2,820 | 8.586207 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grete04 | grep3le | 1,616,103,422 | 1,616,101,440 | 198 | 172 | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | Some professors are objectively super smart. Some are the opposite. | 1 | 1,982 | 1.151163 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grete04 | grepcw9 | 1,616,103,422 | 1,616,101,557 | 198 | 152 | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | Tenure is a bit of a trap. By the time you get it, you don't have many friends, hobbies, or other interests left anyway, and by the time you realize that it's too late for many of us to start off on a different career path, so there really isn't anything left to do but continue working your ass off. Yes, things ease up and life improves in many ways, but the game doesn't change all that much, you just become less vulnerable and more inured to it. | 1 | 1,865 | 1.302632 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grete04 | greou7w | 1,616,103,422 | 1,616,101,320 | 198 | 90 | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 2,102 | 2.2 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grete04 | greistm | 1,616,103,422 | 1,616,098,622 | 198 | 55 | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | 1 | 4,800 | 3.6 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grete04 | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,103,422 | 60 | 198 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | 0 | 1,278 | 3.3 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grete04 | gret2o7 | 1,616,103,422 | 1,616,103,275 | 198 | 29 | At this point, I cannot help but look at graduate programs as pyramid schemes. Too many PhDs are minted and cannot be supported by the availability of jobs. Graduate students are primarily roped in to ease the workload for TT professors. Graduate students are a disposable workforce. By the time a graduate student is in the back end of their education, exhausted and disenchanted, and ready to quit, a new crop of first years is arriving bright-eyed and ready to study their passion for a living. Also, meritocracy is largely a myth. People get published, get teaching awards, grants, etc. for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with how good a researcher or teacher they are. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 147 | 6.827586 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grep3le | greou7w | 1,616,101,440 | 1,616,101,320 | 172 | 90 | Some professors are objectively super smart. Some are the opposite. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 120 | 1.911111 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grep3le | greistm | 1,616,101,440 | 1,616,098,622 | 172 | 55 | Some professors are objectively super smart. Some are the opposite. | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | 1 | 2,818 | 3.127273 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grepcw9 | grev4vq | 1,616,101,557 | 1,616,104,235 | 152 | 171 | Tenure is a bit of a trap. By the time you get it, you don't have many friends, hobbies, or other interests left anyway, and by the time you realize that it's too late for many of us to start off on a different career path, so there really isn't anything left to do but continue working your ass off. Yes, things ease up and life improves in many ways, but the game doesn't change all that much, you just become less vulnerable and more inured to it. | Grad students that do well have additional financial support (family, spouse, savings ect). Yes, even if they get stipends. | 0 | 2,678 | 1.125 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grev4vq | greou7w | 1,616,104,235 | 1,616,101,320 | 171 | 90 | Grad students that do well have additional financial support (family, spouse, savings ect). Yes, even if they get stipends. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 2,915 | 1.9 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grev4vq | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,104,235 | 55 | 171 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | Grad students that do well have additional financial support (family, spouse, savings ect). Yes, even if they get stipends. | 0 | 5,613 | 3.109091 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grev4vq | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,104,235 | 60 | 171 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | Grad students that do well have additional financial support (family, spouse, savings ect). Yes, even if they get stipends. | 0 | 2,091 | 2.85 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grev4vq | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,104,235 | 29 | 171 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | Grad students that do well have additional financial support (family, spouse, savings ect). Yes, even if they get stipends. | 0 | 960 | 5.896552 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grepcw9 | greou7w | 1,616,101,557 | 1,616,101,320 | 152 | 90 | Tenure is a bit of a trap. By the time you get it, you don't have many friends, hobbies, or other interests left anyway, and by the time you realize that it's too late for many of us to start off on a different career path, so there really isn't anything left to do but continue working your ass off. Yes, things ease up and life improves in many ways, but the game doesn't change all that much, you just become less vulnerable and more inured to it. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 237 | 1.688889 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grepcw9 | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,101,557 | 55 | 152 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | Tenure is a bit of a trap. By the time you get it, you don't have many friends, hobbies, or other interests left anyway, and by the time you realize that it's too late for many of us to start off on a different career path, so there really isn't anything left to do but continue working your ass off. Yes, things ease up and life improves in many ways, but the game doesn't change all that much, you just become less vulnerable and more inured to it. | 0 | 2,935 | 2.763636 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf68mk | grfc708 | 1,616,109,580 | 1,616,112,569 | 126 | 143 | that academia is classist. | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | 0 | 2,989 | 1.134921 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfc708 | greyrhk | 1,616,112,569 | 1,616,105,932 | 143 | 108 | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | 1 | 6,637 | 1.324074 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfc708 | grf8rfv | 1,616,112,569 | 1,616,110,828 | 143 | 114 | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | 1 | 1,741 | 1.254386 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfc708 | greou7w | 1,616,112,569 | 1,616,101,320 | 143 | 90 | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 11,249 | 1.588889 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfc708 | grf88uj | 1,616,112,569 | 1,616,110,574 | 143 | 89 | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | 1 | 1,995 | 1.606742 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf896w | grfc708 | 1,616,110,579 | 1,616,112,569 | 79 | 143 | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | 0 | 1,990 | 1.810127 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grfc708 | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,112,569 | 55 | 143 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | 0 | 13,947 | 2.6 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grfc708 | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,112,569 | 60 | 143 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | 0 | 10,425 | 2.383333 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8t3b | grfc708 | 1,616,110,851 | 1,616,112,569 | 28 | 143 | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | 0 | 1,718 | 5.107143 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grfc708 | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,112,569 | 29 | 143 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | I hear people say all the time that they stay in academia, and don't want to join industry, because they want the autonomy to choose what they want to research - and don't want their research to be dictated by monetary or business demands. But the 'uncomfortable truth' is that academic funding is *totally* dictated by monetary, business, and political demands at many levels: what funding agencies want to fund (some of which are privately held organizations or corporations), what politicians will vote for or support, what academic departments are willing to hire people to teach and study, etc. It's still mostly a lot more autonomy than you get in industry, especially in an applied role. | 0 | 9,294 | 4.931034 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greyrhk | grf68mk | 1,616,105,932 | 1,616,109,580 | 108 | 126 | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | that academia is classist. | 0 | 3,648 | 1.166667 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greou7w | grf68mk | 1,616,101,320 | 1,616,109,580 | 90 | 126 | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | that academia is classist. | 0 | 8,260 | 1.4 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf68mk | greistm | 1,616,109,580 | 1,616,098,622 | 126 | 55 | that academia is classist. | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | 1 | 10,958 | 2.290909 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grf68mk | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,109,580 | 60 | 126 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | that academia is classist. | 0 | 7,436 | 2.1 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf68mk | gret2o7 | 1,616,109,580 | 1,616,103,275 | 126 | 29 | that academia is classist. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 6,305 | 4.344828 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greyrhk | grf8rfv | 1,616,105,932 | 1,616,110,828 | 108 | 114 | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | 0 | 4,896 | 1.055556 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd9zc | greyrhk | 1,616,113,124 | 1,616,105,932 | 111 | 108 | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | 1 | 7,192 | 1.027778 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greyrhk | greou7w | 1,616,105,932 | 1,616,101,320 | 108 | 90 | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 4,612 | 1.2 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | greyrhk | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,105,932 | 55 | 108 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | 0 | 7,310 | 1.963636 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | greyrhk | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,105,932 | 60 | 108 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | 0 | 3,788 | 1.8 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greyrhk | gret2o7 | 1,616,105,932 | 1,616,103,275 | 108 | 29 | it is literally a pyramid scheme. let's start there. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 2,657 | 3.724138 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greou7w | grf8rfv | 1,616,101,320 | 1,616,110,828 | 90 | 114 | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | 0 | 9,508 | 1.266667 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8rfv | grf88uj | 1,616,110,828 | 1,616,110,574 | 114 | 89 | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | 1 | 254 | 1.280899 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf896w | grf8rfv | 1,616,110,579 | 1,616,110,828 | 79 | 114 | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | 0 | 249 | 1.443038 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grf8rfv | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,110,828 | 55 | 114 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | 0 | 12,206 | 2.072727 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grf8rfv | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,110,828 | 60 | 114 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | 0 | 8,684 | 1.9 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8rfv | gret2o7 | 1,616,110,828 | 1,616,103,275 | 114 | 29 | It’s a more toxic environment than people want to admit. Professors can be too damn stubborn and full of themselves. Academia tends to moralize education in pretty profoundly disturbing ways. A lot of professors went into the profession for very bad reasons. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 7,553 | 3.931034 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd9zc | grfd4pq | 1,616,113,124 | 1,616,113,050 | 111 | 105 | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | 1 | 74 | 1.057143 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd9zc | greou7w | 1,616,113,124 | 1,616,101,320 | 111 | 90 | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 1 | 11,804 | 1.233333 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf88uj | grfd9zc | 1,616,110,574 | 1,616,113,124 | 89 | 111 | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | 0 | 2,550 | 1.247191 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd9zc | grf896w | 1,616,113,124 | 1,616,110,579 | 111 | 79 | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | 1 | 2,545 | 1.405063 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grfd9zc | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,113,124 | 55 | 111 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | 0 | 14,502 | 2.018182 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grfd9zc | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,113,124 | 60 | 111 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | 0 | 10,980 | 1.85 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd9zc | grfd7op | 1,616,113,124 | 1,616,113,093 | 111 | 43 | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | Too many grad applicants (even very smart ones) don’t care to look at placement, or ask about non-academic job opportunities outside the program, before accepting an offer. It blows my mind to see that people would bother attending a program with no prospect of decent employment. | 1 | 31 | 2.581395 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8t3b | grfd9zc | 1,616,110,851 | 1,616,113,124 | 28 | 111 | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | 0 | 2,273 | 3.964286 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd9zc | gret2o7 | 1,616,113,124 | 1,616,103,275 | 111 | 29 | 1. Having a baby is very likely to derail your research program. The very best case scenario is that it will set you back a year or two in your research. 2. Especially if you're a woman, and especially if it's during your PhD program. 3. If you don't have a spouse that's willing to do 50% or more of the childcare, don't have a baby and try to be a successful researcher. You will fail. 4. I'm not allowed to say any of this without being labeled a sexist. Source: I'm female, tenured, with one child and a very understanding and hardworking spouse. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 9,849 | 3.827586 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greou7w | grfd4pq | 1,616,101,320 | 1,616,113,050 | 90 | 105 | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | 0 | 11,730 | 1.166667 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd4pq | grf88uj | 1,616,113,050 | 1,616,110,574 | 105 | 89 | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | 1 | 2,476 | 1.179775 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf896w | grfd4pq | 1,616,110,579 | 1,616,113,050 | 79 | 105 | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | 0 | 2,471 | 1.329114 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grfd4pq | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,113,050 | 55 | 105 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | 0 | 14,428 | 1.909091 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd4pq | greqn9z | 1,616,113,050 | 1,616,102,144 | 105 | 60 | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | 1 | 10,906 | 1.75 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8t3b | grfd4pq | 1,616,110,851 | 1,616,113,050 | 28 | 105 | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | 0 | 2,199 | 3.75 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grfd4pq | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,113,050 | 29 | 105 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | You have very little choice in where you live. You move to where your job is, and the job might be in some redneck town in the middle of nowhere. And if you're not tenured or on the tenure track, you can expect to move every 1-3 years post-PhD to chase the next postdoc or VAP position, which makes it very difficult to settle down, find a long-term romantic partner, and/or have a family if that's what you want to do. And with the huge oversupply of PhDs compared to available jobs, you teeter on the edge of unemployment as each contract ends. I should also mention that for many (most?) PhDs, the only way to "use" your PhD is to stay in academia and become a professor. By that I mean, no other jobs besides professor requires that PhD, and leaving academia would likely mean taking a job that only requires a MA, BA, or lower degree. I think that's why so many academics get caught up in the sunk cost fallacy and refuse to leave academia no matter how unhappy they are or how bad their working conditions get. They're desperate to make their PhD "worth it". | 0 | 9,775 | 3.62069 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | greou7w | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,101,320 | 55 | 90 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | We spend more time working with, complaining about, and trying to prevent cheating among a small percent of bad students—but that makes it feel like all we’re doing is trying to deal with those bad students. It can make teaching feel demoralizing at times. | 0 | 2,698 | 1.636364 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf88uj | greistm | 1,616,110,574 | 1,616,098,622 | 89 | 55 | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | 1 | 11,952 | 1.618182 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf88uj | greqn9z | 1,616,110,574 | 1,616,102,144 | 89 | 60 | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | 1 | 8,430 | 1.483333 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grf88uj | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,110,574 | 29 | 89 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | Most of the research that we do have very little real world impact, at least in my field anyway. | 0 | 7,299 | 3.068966 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf896w | greistm | 1,616,110,579 | 1,616,098,622 | 79 | 55 | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | 1 | 11,957 | 1.436364 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greqn9z | grf896w | 1,616,102,144 | 1,616,110,579 | 60 | 79 | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | 0 | 8,435 | 1.316667 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf896w | gret2o7 | 1,616,110,579 | 1,616,103,275 | 79 | 29 | It's in the interests of academia to intake and graduate PhDs, not to provide them with viable career paths. (This particularly applies to non-STEM fields.) | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 7,304 | 2.724138 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | grfeyl2 | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,113,982 | 55 | 71 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | That mental health and burnout are discussed frequently but very little is done to address it. | 0 | 15,360 | 1.290909 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfeyl2 | greqn9z | 1,616,113,982 | 1,616,102,144 | 71 | 60 | That mental health and burnout are discussed frequently but very little is done to address it. | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | 1 | 11,838 | 1.183333 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd7op | grfeyl2 | 1,616,113,093 | 1,616,113,982 | 43 | 71 | Too many grad applicants (even very smart ones) don’t care to look at placement, or ask about non-academic job opportunities outside the program, before accepting an offer. It blows my mind to see that people would bother attending a program with no prospect of decent employment. | That mental health and burnout are discussed frequently but very little is done to address it. | 0 | 889 | 1.651163 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfeyl2 | grf8t3b | 1,616,113,982 | 1,616,110,851 | 71 | 28 | That mental health and burnout are discussed frequently but very little is done to address it. | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | 1 | 3,131 | 2.535714 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grfeyl2 | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,113,982 | 29 | 71 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | That mental health and burnout are discussed frequently but very little is done to address it. | 0 | 10,707 | 2.448276 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | greistm | greqn9z | 1,616,098,622 | 1,616,102,144 | 55 | 60 | nobody on the zoom call is wearing pants | The university (or journal or society) is a business. It’s a non-profit, but that simply means they spend what they take in and as a result: Cash Rules Everything Around Me! | 0 | 3,522 | 1.090909 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfd7op | grf8t3b | 1,616,113,093 | 1,616,110,851 | 43 | 28 | Too many grad applicants (even very smart ones) don’t care to look at placement, or ask about non-academic job opportunities outside the program, before accepting an offer. It blows my mind to see that people would bother attending a program with no prospect of decent employment. | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | 1 | 2,242 | 1.535714 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grfd7op | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,113,093 | 29 | 43 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | Too many grad applicants (even very smart ones) don’t care to look at placement, or ask about non-academic job opportunities outside the program, before accepting an offer. It blows my mind to see that people would bother attending a program with no prospect of decent employment. | 0 | 9,818 | 1.482759 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8t3b | grfjeer | 1,616,110,851 | 1,616,116,288 | 28 | 36 | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | The ability to do great science and the ability to write a successful grant application do not necessarily overlap. There must be hundreds of scientists that’d be perfect TT PIs if they were better at playing the marketing/networking/etc. game | 0 | 5,437 | 1.285714 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfj337 | grfjeer | 1,616,116,121 | 1,616,116,288 | 30 | 36 | Being an ‘expert’ in your field does not always equate to being a good teacher. Many post mention the pompous attitudes, and unfortunately this is true. Many professors believe that just because they ‘know their stuff’ that they are a great professor when it takes much more than that to actually help students understand the material. I know some brilliant professors who, unfortunately, cannot grasp how to actually teach. I’m curious what others think, but I have noticed this to be very true at the undergraduate level. Professors talk over students’ heads and believe it’s the students’ fault for not comprehending the material and then brag about their fail rate in their courses like that is a good thing. | The ability to do great science and the ability to write a successful grant application do not necessarily overlap. There must be hundreds of scientists that’d be perfect TT PIs if they were better at playing the marketing/networking/etc. game | 0 | 167 | 1.2 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | gret2o7 | grfjeer | 1,616,103,275 | 1,616,116,288 | 29 | 36 | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | The ability to do great science and the ability to write a successful grant application do not necessarily overlap. There must be hundreds of scientists that’d be perfect TT PIs if they were better at playing the marketing/networking/etc. game | 0 | 13,013 | 1.241379 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8t3b | grfj337 | 1,616,110,851 | 1,616,116,121 | 28 | 30 | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | Being an ‘expert’ in your field does not always equate to being a good teacher. Many post mention the pompous attitudes, and unfortunately this is true. Many professors believe that just because they ‘know their stuff’ that they are a great professor when it takes much more than that to actually help students understand the material. I know some brilliant professors who, unfortunately, cannot grasp how to actually teach. I’m curious what others think, but I have noticed this to be very true at the undergraduate level. Professors talk over students’ heads and believe it’s the students’ fault for not comprehending the material and then brag about their fail rate in their courses like that is a good thing. | 0 | 5,270 | 1.071429 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grf8t3b | grfmy9q | 1,616,110,851 | 1,616,118,150 | 28 | 30 | I have been surprised to see that many of those institutes with reputation can hire PIs with no previous experience in their research line. Also same with grants, how some can land a grant with projects outside their expertise while others are just rejected. I literally worked in a lab where the PI had zero understanding of X topic, no publication but got a grant to work in that. The other thing is that many PIs again have zero interest or ability to supervise PhD students while they are allowed to hire them without any questions. | A large majority of PhD students in the US come from privileged families. These students are also the sort that will have the most difficulty coming to terms with the failures inherent to a PhD. This is likely one of the largest factors behind the mental health crisis we are currently in the midst of. | 0 | 7,299 | 1.071429 |
m7zi7u | askacademia_train | 1 | What are some uncomfortable truths in academia? People have a tendency to ignore the more unsavory aspects of whatever line of work you're in. What is yours for academia? | grfj337 | gret2o7 | 1,616,116,121 | 1,616,103,275 | 30 | 29 | Being an ‘expert’ in your field does not always equate to being a good teacher. Many post mention the pompous attitudes, and unfortunately this is true. Many professors believe that just because they ‘know their stuff’ that they are a great professor when it takes much more than that to actually help students understand the material. I know some brilliant professors who, unfortunately, cannot grasp how to actually teach. I’m curious what others think, but I have noticed this to be very true at the undergraduate level. Professors talk over students’ heads and believe it’s the students’ fault for not comprehending the material and then brag about their fail rate in their courses like that is a good thing. | In my experience, academics are often quick to judge you and are incredibly stubborn about the validity of their quick judgment. The only reason this is a problem is that this dynamic can make or break your ability to get an academic job, advance in an institution, or if you're NTT like me - the likelihood of your position being renewed or sustained. I run into this problem every time my contract is up for renewal. Sure, this happens a lot outside of academia too, but having worked both in and out of academia it is definitely stronger in it. Something about people who are used to being seen as smart feeling justified in quickly jumping to strong conclusions. | 1 | 12,846 | 1.034483 |
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