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I turned 40 a few days ago. Here's some stuff I learned so far.
Inspired by / reflecting Paul's thread below.
#actwitter #phdchat @ProfessorIsIn
Inspired by / reflecting Paul's thread below.
#actwitter #phdchat @ProfessorIsIn
1) The academic world in which your PhD advisors lived is gone: academic jobs are no longer abundant and well payed. Their intuitions about what you should do to be successful are likely unreliable.
2A) The moral injury involved in an academic career is real (100% agree w @ProfPaulRalph). The consumerist model of education, the instrumentalization of knowledge, etc. (all borne out of economic uncertainty for young adults) have undermined our ability to educate.
