heh I really love some parts of my job; just internally sold my new bid/program plan
just me talking casually for like 30 minutes without stopping except to answer a few questions, also making some good shit up on the fly when I realized I left some slide half-done
It’s genuinely enjoyable and I wish I could do it a lot more
Old scientists often ask at roundtables how the youth are dealing with the job crisis in science and what we plan to do (this is after they literally ruined everything for thirty years so oh how considerate that you hold all the power and are "worried"). I said something like, well I've had lots of different jobs so if I don't get into an academic position it won't be the end of the world. I've been a baker, a retail person, maybe I would start my own bakery. I was very positive about it. Everyone laughed like it was the cutest idea!
I guess a lot of people vying for the academic track cannot ever conceive of anything but becoming an academic and balk at having a real job? I dunno.
I think even in the face of... everything, there is a large group of people who see being an adjunct making $25,000/year until you die of an infection on your no insurance as just obviously better than not working in academia.
Part of it is I am pretty sure just willful blindness to the opportunity costs associated with credentialing.
Being an academic, for many in the sector, is an intrinsic part of their identity. Losing that, even voluntarily, feels like failing.
I am super guilty of this. I've been doing consistent 60-80 hour weeks during this term and the idea of leaving seems unspeakable to me.
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I can’t imagine mechanically there would be any problem mounting a tv or projector any which way. The tv will have no moving parts at all, projector would have some but probably not something that would care. At least if the make quality is any good.
Displays can take a lot of beating and bending it’s probably just the surface layer (plastic) scratching that would be the most at risk.
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Charge people tens of thousands of dollars for a degree that makes them unhireable
And then hire them at poverty wages to teach the next generation of people looking for worthless degrees
It's a foolproof plan
tbf, in sciences usually you get paid to do the PhD, not charged
and it makes you somewhat more hireable/likely to receive a better salary with a lower skillset
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I can’t imagine mechanically there would be any problem mounting a tv or projector any which way. The tv will have no moving parts at all, projector would have some but probably not something that would care. At least if the make quality is any good.
Displays can take a lot of beating and bending it’s probably just the surface layer (plastic) scratching that would be the most at risk.
i imagine one could build a table to mount a tv pretty easily and cheaply
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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I can’t imagine mechanically there would be any problem mounting a tv or projector any which way. The tv will have no moving parts at all, projector would have some but probably not something that would care. At least if the make quality is any good.
Displays can take a lot of beating and bending it’s probably just the surface layer (plastic) scratching that would be the most at risk.
i imagine one could build a table to mount a tv pretty easily and cheaply
And funly!
It sounds like a fun project
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I still have plans to make a concrete and wood coffee table this summer.
heh I really love some parts of my job; just internally sold my new bid/program plan
just me talking casually for like 30 minutes without stopping except to answer a few questions, also making some good shit up on the fly when I realized I left some slide half-done
It’s genuinely enjoyable and I wish I could do it a lot more
Cred I feel like you should work for Tony Stark
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i keep saying i want to build things and then i just play video games
Charge people tens of thousands of dollars for a degree that makes them unhireable
And then hire them at poverty wages to teach the next generation of people looking for worthless degrees
It's a foolproof plan
tbf, in sciences usually you get paid to do the PhD, not charged
and it makes you somewhat more hireable/likely to receive a better salary with a lower skillset
Oh, true.
I told girlfriend (who has a master's in public policy) that some science majors get paid a stipend for grad school and she literally didn't believe me. I had to show her articles to prove it to her.
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Watching an old Top of the Pops. The Jagger/Bowie version of Dancin’ In The Streets is awful for a lot of reasons, but maybe the biggest is that it kept Bonnie Tyler and Holding Out For A Hero from getting to number one. Monstrous.
Charge people tens of thousands of dollars for a degree that makes them unhireable
And then hire them at poverty wages to teach the next generation of people looking for worthless degrees
It's a foolproof plan
tbf, in sciences usually you get paid to do the PhD, not charged
and it makes you somewhat more hireable/likely to receive a better salary with a lower skillset
Oh, true.
I told girlfriend (who has a master's in public policy) that some science majors get paid a stipend for grad school and she literally didn't believe me. I had to show her articles to prove it to her.
The idea of going to a PhD program and not even getting a stipend makes me very sad
Like it's already a huge opportunity cost, to charge for it is just twisting the knife.
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Look I published like three papers and one was in nature and I helped out all the other people in my lab with some shit and I taught programming, so it’s fine, they got an ok deal.
Donkey Kong on
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
Charge people tens of thousands of dollars for a degree that makes them unhireable
And then hire them at poverty wages to teach the next generation of people looking for worthless degrees
It's a foolproof plan
tbf, in sciences usually you get paid to do the PhD, not charged
and it makes you somewhat more hireable/likely to receive a better salary with a lower skillset
Oh, true.
I told girlfriend (who has a master's in public policy) that some science majors get paid a stipend for grad school and she literally didn't believe me. I had to show her articles to prove it to her.
I haven't heard of any science PhD program that doesn't pay its grad students. Sometimes the program comes with a teaching obligation (but my program just wanted a semester or maybe two of TAing, where TAing meant grading, not teaching), and of course you're doing research, but you always get paid. (...$15-30K. Usually in the mid 20s I think.)
Look I published like three papers and one was in nature and I helped out all the other people in my lab with some shit and I taught programming, so it’s fine, they got an ok deal.
you had a nature paper but still noped out with a master's?
damn
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heh I really love some parts of my job; just internally sold my new bid/program plan
just me talking casually for like 30 minutes without stopping except to answer a few questions, also making some good shit up on the fly when I realized I left some slide half-done
It’s genuinely enjoyable and I wish I could do it a lot more
This is like 50% of my job
Rambling about why people should buy shit
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The secret to projects is that most things are totally doable and if you get angry enough it’ll work after a while.
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Look I published like three papers and one was in nature and I helped out all the other people in my lab with some shit and I taught programming, so it’s fine, they got an ok deal.
you had a nature paper but still noped out with a master's?
damn
I was extremely unhappy with academia
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
Look I published like three papers and one was in nature and I helped out all the other people in my lab with some shit and I taught programming, so it’s fine, they got an ok deal.
you had a nature paper but still noped out with a master's?
damn
I was extremely unhappy with academia
Oh no yeah to be clear I think that's a bold and awesome move
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Charge people tens of thousands of dollars for a degree that makes them unhireable
And then hire them at poverty wages to teach the next generation of people looking for worthless degrees
It's a foolproof plan
tbf, in sciences usually you get paid to do the PhD, not charged
and it makes you somewhat more hireable/likely to receive a better salary with a lower skillset
I've been told it is the same with polisci. But I went into a public policy program instead of a PhD program.
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just me talking casually for like 30 minutes without stopping except to answer a few questions, also making some good shit up on the fly when I realized I left some slide half-done
It’s genuinely enjoyable and I wish I could do it a lot more
Welcome to the late capitalist knowledge economy. You're a company man
Displays can take a lot of beating and bending it’s probably just the surface layer (plastic) scratching that would be the most at risk.
it's basically high school all over again from my understanding
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And then hire them at poverty wages to teach the next generation of people looking for worthless degrees
It's a foolproof plan
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
tbf, in sciences usually you get paid to do the PhD, not charged
and it makes you somewhat more hireable/likely to receive a better salary with a lower skillset
i imagine one could build a table to mount a tv pretty easily and cheaply
And funly!
It sounds like a fun project
Yes. There was that hobbit cartoon.
Cred I feel like you should work for Tony Stark
Oh, true.
I told girlfriend (who has a master's in public policy) that some science majors get paid a stipend for grad school and she literally didn't believe me. I had to show her articles to prove it to her.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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I mean I was SUPPOSED to get my PhD and raise the profile of my PI, lab, and university but fk it, get out get paid.
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The idea of going to a PhD program and not even getting a stipend makes me very sad
Like it's already a huge opportunity cost, to charge for it is just twisting the knife.
I haven't heard of any science PhD program that doesn't pay its grad students. Sometimes the program comes with a teaching obligation (but my program just wanted a semester or maybe two of TAing, where TAing meant grading, not teaching), and of course you're doing research, but you always get paid. (...$15-30K. Usually in the mid 20s I think.)
you had a nature paper but still noped out with a master's?
damn
This is like 50% of my job
Rambling about why people should buy shit
I was extremely unhappy with academia
Oh no yeah to be clear I think that's a bold and awesome move
I didn't question it and I will continue to be happy with the arrangement.
Was it all cake and not enough cup?
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I really like negotiating; I get to spend 9 digits of other people’s money and it is surprisingly fun
Explaining why people should buy certain ad products is another form of storytelling (even if it’s a boring story)
I feel like Batman probably has a p strange laugh.
Bruce Wayne has a solid politician's "HA... ha... Haha."
Batman... yeah, he's probably got an off-putting man-giggle.
I've been told it is the same with polisci. But I went into a public policy program instead of a PhD program.