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nc9x9b | askacademia_train | 0.96 | Not a professor but a graduate student. I would like to write a recommendation letter for my thesis advisor as she is an awesome mentor who really cares about students and is an inspiring scientist. I’m a PhD candidate in biology and in a research- focused university. I hope to seek some advice regarding writing rec... | gy4xh6k | gy5db2j | 1,621,021,100 | 1,621,028,344 | 3 | 4 | My undergrad department (SLAC, STEM department) still solicits letters from former students for promotion - I've been emailed several times about that. I'm not sure how they take them into account, but they do ask, even people who graduated many years ago. I'm not sure about a situation where it's not part of their st... | Everyone has touched on tenure, so I will also mention that universities and professional organizations often have teacher of the year and/or mentor of the year awards. Such recognition would also contribute positively toward tenure. | 0 | 7,244 | 1.333333 |
nc9x9b | askacademia_train | 0.96 | Not a professor but a graduate student. I would like to write a recommendation letter for my thesis advisor as she is an awesome mentor who really cares about students and is an inspiring scientist. I’m a PhD candidate in biology and in a research- focused university. I hope to seek some advice regarding writing rec... | gy63s0o | gy5f06b | 1,621,042,317 | 1,621,029,151 | 3 | 2 | Iʻm also a ph.d student. In the past, when there have been professors going up for tenure here, weʻve been invited to submit letters in support of their tenure application, which is basically a letter of reference. Granted, this is in the social sciences (and it sounds like youʻre in the natural sciences), and it sound... | Whoah which school and prof is this, I wanna apply! | 1 | 13,166 | 1.5 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g71z8ki | g7248c0 | 1,601,384,432 | 1,601,387,054 | 173 | 269 | Publish earlier and a lot. Academic careers snowball and it is important to start out on a high trajectory. Of course, quality is important too, but it's OK to have a few average papers to start out and start building your CV. Anyway, I compare academia to wealth - the wealthy will continue to get wealthier. It's not r... | Choose an advisor who's good at networking and has a very good standing in the community. That really helps. | 0 | 2,622 | 1.554913 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7248c0 | g723b8i | 1,601,387,054 | 1,601,386,595 | 269 | 122 | Choose an advisor who's good at networking and has a very good standing in the community. That really helps. | 1. a huge portion of the job is public speaking, which I did not realize when I started out. 2. the labor situation is as bad as everyone says. 3. publish, publish, publish. 4. a huge portion of the job is being able to get other people (readers, students) excited about difficult, abstract, boring things and to help ... | 1 | 459 | 2.204918 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g723b8i | g724f0q | 1,601,386,595 | 1,601,387,150 | 122 | 152 | 1. a huge portion of the job is public speaking, which I did not realize when I started out. 2. the labor situation is as bad as everyone says. 3. publish, publish, publish. 4. a huge portion of the job is being able to get other people (readers, students) excited about difficult, abstract, boring things and to help ... | Find an advisor with a track record of getting their students graduated and hired. I went with someone who was an authority in their field to the detriment of all else, and regretted it ever since. | 0 | 555 | 1.245902 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7283m0 | g725jo6 | 1,601,388,910 | 1,601,387,711 | 89 | 84 | I have two: 1. Please publish more!! The job market is seriously as bad as they say it is. Focusing on your teaching will NOT HELP YOU. 2. You wouldn’t be in the program if you couldn’t do it. You absolutely can. Don’t let imposter syndrome keep you hiding from opportunities. | Figure out how to do the PhD in a way that is what you want it to be and makes you happy. Being miserable working day and night for 5+ years, to get a job where you can continue to be miserable, just doesn't make sense. For me, that means working 9-5 M-F. I had to come to terms with the fact that doing so might mean I... | 1 | 1,199 | 1.059524 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7283m0 | g726s7w | 1,601,388,910 | 1,601,388,334 | 89 | 49 | I have two: 1. Please publish more!! The job market is seriously as bad as they say it is. Focusing on your teaching will NOT HELP YOU. 2. You wouldn’t be in the program if you couldn’t do it. You absolutely can. Don’t let imposter syndrome keep you hiding from opportunities. | 1. Plan ahead. Have an idea of what you will be doing after your PhD and work towards it! Build your resume towards your dream position! 2. Organize your work-life balance. 3. Choose a mentor who likes to treat his students as colleagues. 4. Always stand up for yourself. 5. Build your network. | 1 | 576 | 1.816327 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7283m0 | g724prh | 1,601,388,910 | 1,601,387,295 | 89 | 42 | I have two: 1. Please publish more!! The job market is seriously as bad as they say it is. Focusing on your teaching will NOT HELP YOU. 2. You wouldn’t be in the program if you couldn’t do it. You absolutely can. Don’t let imposter syndrome keep you hiding from opportunities. | I would say to decide what your end goal is with your degree and make every effort to spend time working towards that goal. For example, I wanted to go towards professoring at a small teaching focused college and the advisor I first picked didn't really care what my goals were. I ended up quitting the first lab and swi... | 1 | 1,615 | 2.119048 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7283m0 | g7280ce | 1,601,388,910 | 1,601,388,873 | 89 | 30 | I have two: 1. Please publish more!! The job market is seriously as bad as they say it is. Focusing on your teaching will NOT HELP YOU. 2. You wouldn’t be in the program if you couldn’t do it. You absolutely can. Don’t let imposter syndrome keep you hiding from opportunities. | My 5c. Focus on the work your advisor sets but don’t be afraid to venture into other parts of the literature that you find interesting. Be as happy as you can be during the challenges you will face. My biggest regret is not being able to stay more positive and happy throughout what were some of the most difficult a... | 1 | 37 | 2.966667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7283m0 | g7254v2 | 1,601,388,910 | 1,601,387,503 | 89 | 24 | I have two: 1. Please publish more!! The job market is seriously as bad as they say it is. Focusing on your teaching will NOT HELP YOU. 2. You wouldn’t be in the program if you couldn’t do it. You absolutely can. Don’t let imposter syndrome keep you hiding from opportunities. | in the vein of uncommon or contrarian advice: “implement things from scratch instead of relying on or trying to modify existing open-source implementations”. Working in applied computational statistical methods development I wasted a huge amount of time trying to wrap my head around convoluted, buggy backends after bei... | 1 | 1,407 | 3.708333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g724prh | g725jo6 | 1,601,387,295 | 1,601,387,711 | 42 | 84 | I would say to decide what your end goal is with your degree and make every effort to spend time working towards that goal. For example, I wanted to go towards professoring at a small teaching focused college and the advisor I first picked didn't really care what my goals were. I ended up quitting the first lab and swi... | Figure out how to do the PhD in a way that is what you want it to be and makes you happy. Being miserable working day and night for 5+ years, to get a job where you can continue to be miserable, just doesn't make sense. For me, that means working 9-5 M-F. I had to come to terms with the fact that doing so might mean I... | 0 | 416 | 2 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7254v2 | g725jo6 | 1,601,387,503 | 1,601,387,711 | 24 | 84 | in the vein of uncommon or contrarian advice: “implement things from scratch instead of relying on or trying to modify existing open-source implementations”. Working in applied computational statistical methods development I wasted a huge amount of time trying to wrap my head around convoluted, buggy backends after bei... | Figure out how to do the PhD in a way that is what you want it to be and makes you happy. Being miserable working day and night for 5+ years, to get a job where you can continue to be miserable, just doesn't make sense. For me, that means working 9-5 M-F. I had to come to terms with the fact that doing so might mean I... | 0 | 208 | 3.5 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kitj | g726s7w | 1,601,394,163 | 1,601,388,334 | 56 | 49 | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | 1. Plan ahead. Have an idea of what you will be doing after your PhD and work towards it! Build your resume towards your dream position! 2. Organize your work-life balance. 3. Choose a mentor who likes to treat his students as colleagues. 4. Always stand up for yourself. 5. Build your network. | 1 | 5,829 | 1.142857 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kitj | g724prh | 1,601,394,163 | 1,601,387,295 | 56 | 42 | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | I would say to decide what your end goal is with your degree and make every effort to spend time working towards that goal. For example, I wanted to go towards professoring at a small teaching focused college and the advisor I first picked didn't really care what my goals were. I ended up quitting the first lab and swi... | 1 | 6,868 | 1.333333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7280ce | g72kitj | 1,601,388,873 | 1,601,394,163 | 30 | 56 | My 5c. Focus on the work your advisor sets but don’t be afraid to venture into other parts of the literature that you find interesting. Be as happy as you can be during the challenges you will face. My biggest regret is not being able to stay more positive and happy throughout what were some of the most difficult a... | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | 0 | 5,290 | 1.866667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kitj | g7254v2 | 1,601,394,163 | 1,601,387,503 | 56 | 24 | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | in the vein of uncommon or contrarian advice: “implement things from scratch instead of relying on or trying to modify existing open-source implementations”. Working in applied computational statistical methods development I wasted a huge amount of time trying to wrap my head around convoluted, buggy backends after bei... | 1 | 6,660 | 2.333333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72dh0d | g72kitj | 1,601,391,249 | 1,601,394,163 | 16 | 56 | Get out. Now. | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | 0 | 2,914 | 3.5 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kbwc | g72kitj | 1,601,394,089 | 1,601,394,163 | 15 | 56 | Find an advisor that isn’t dog shit | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | 0 | 74 | 3.733333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72ajly | g72kitj | 1,601,389,950 | 1,601,394,163 | 14 | 56 | Don’t bother with Twitter - no hiring committee gives a shit. | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | 0 | 4,213 | 4 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kitj | g72js2f | 1,601,394,163 | 1,601,393,860 | 56 | 12 | 1. Don't give up if they don't respond to your email. Send 5 follow-ups. Most people don't hate you, or make fun of you; they are just busy, and bad with email management. Always follow-up, again and again. 2. Learn to write shorter emails. 3. Finish things. Starting things is easy. Finishing is hard. Put 75% of your e... | Decide what matters to you in terms of happiness. Getting a TT job is already difficult, getting a TT job in a good location (whatever that means for you- close to family, close to friends and a support network, employment options for a partner, city or rural, etc.) is very difficult. | 1 | 303 | 4.666667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g724prh | g726s7w | 1,601,387,295 | 1,601,388,334 | 42 | 49 | I would say to decide what your end goal is with your degree and make every effort to spend time working towards that goal. For example, I wanted to go towards professoring at a small teaching focused college and the advisor I first picked didn't really care what my goals were. I ended up quitting the first lab and swi... | 1. Plan ahead. Have an idea of what you will be doing after your PhD and work towards it! Build your resume towards your dream position! 2. Organize your work-life balance. 3. Choose a mentor who likes to treat his students as colleagues. 4. Always stand up for yourself. 5. Build your network. | 0 | 1,039 | 1.166667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7254v2 | g726s7w | 1,601,387,503 | 1,601,388,334 | 24 | 49 | in the vein of uncommon or contrarian advice: “implement things from scratch instead of relying on or trying to modify existing open-source implementations”. Working in applied computational statistical methods development I wasted a huge amount of time trying to wrap my head around convoluted, buggy backends after bei... | 1. Plan ahead. Have an idea of what you will be doing after your PhD and work towards it! Build your resume towards your dream position! 2. Organize your work-life balance. 3. Choose a mentor who likes to treat his students as colleagues. 4. Always stand up for yourself. 5. Build your network. | 0 | 831 | 2.041667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7280ce | g73191m | 1,601,388,873 | 1,601,400,879 | 30 | 31 | My 5c. Focus on the work your advisor sets but don’t be afraid to venture into other parts of the literature that you find interesting. Be as happy as you can be during the challenges you will face. My biggest regret is not being able to stay more positive and happy throughout what were some of the most difficult a... | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | 0 | 12,006 | 1.033333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g7280ce | g7254v2 | 1,601,388,873 | 1,601,387,503 | 30 | 24 | My 5c. Focus on the work your advisor sets but don’t be afraid to venture into other parts of the literature that you find interesting. Be as happy as you can be during the challenges you will face. My biggest regret is not being able to stay more positive and happy throughout what were some of the most difficult a... | in the vein of uncommon or contrarian advice: “implement things from scratch instead of relying on or trying to modify existing open-source implementations”. Working in applied computational statistical methods development I wasted a huge amount of time trying to wrap my head around convoluted, buggy backends after bei... | 1 | 1,370 | 1.25 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g73191m | g7254v2 | 1,601,400,879 | 1,601,387,503 | 31 | 24 | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | in the vein of uncommon or contrarian advice: “implement things from scratch instead of relying on or trying to modify existing open-source implementations”. Working in applied computational statistical methods development I wasted a huge amount of time trying to wrap my head around convoluted, buggy backends after bei... | 1 | 13,376 | 1.291667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72oan1 | g73191m | 1,601,395,648 | 1,601,400,879 | 18 | 31 | Evaluate your personality, work style, etc. to see if it is a good match for academia. The most successful academics are aggressive, ambitious, extroverted, self-promoters, confident public speakers, and good at schmoozing/sucking up. It is part of the game. If you love research but want to be left alone to do it, wou... | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | 0 | 5,231 | 1.722222 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g73191m | g72xsue | 1,601,400,879 | 1,601,399,257 | 31 | 17 | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | To **my** younger academic self: don’t do it. For the love of god, just don’t. To someone else’s: Cultivate good self-management habits (Follow a schedule, make to-do lists, etc). You’re only really accountable to yourself. Re-evaluate the standards you set for yourself regularly. What looks trivial to you is not ne... | 1 | 1,622 | 1.823529 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72dh0d | g73191m | 1,601,391,249 | 1,601,400,879 | 16 | 31 | Get out. Now. | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | 0 | 9,630 | 1.9375 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kbwc | g73191m | 1,601,394,089 | 1,601,400,879 | 15 | 31 | Find an advisor that isn’t dog shit | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | 0 | 6,790 | 2.066667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g73191m | g72ajly | 1,601,400,879 | 1,601,389,950 | 31 | 14 | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | Don’t bother with Twitter - no hiring committee gives a shit. | 1 | 10,929 | 2.214286 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72js2f | g73191m | 1,601,393,860 | 1,601,400,879 | 12 | 31 | Decide what matters to you in terms of happiness. Getting a TT job is already difficult, getting a TT job in a good location (whatever that means for you- close to family, close to friends and a support network, employment options for a partner, city or rural, etc.) is very difficult. | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | 0 | 7,019 | 2.583333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g73191m | g72m7ef | 1,601,400,879 | 1,601,394,840 | 31 | 13 | Cliche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Apply for that fellowship. Nominate yourself for that award. Submit to that top tier journal. Someone will get it and they are made out of DNA and insecurity just like you. | Stay out of the department politics and toxicity. Put your head down, work hard, while also leaving time for yourself and your family. Learn to negotiate and occasionally say no to requests. | 1 | 6,039 | 2.384615 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72dh0d | g72oan1 | 1,601,391,249 | 1,601,395,648 | 16 | 18 | Get out. Now. | Evaluate your personality, work style, etc. to see if it is a good match for academia. The most successful academics are aggressive, ambitious, extroverted, self-promoters, confident public speakers, and good at schmoozing/sucking up. It is part of the game. If you love research but want to be left alone to do it, wou... | 0 | 4,399 | 1.125 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kbwc | g72oan1 | 1,601,394,089 | 1,601,395,648 | 15 | 18 | Find an advisor that isn’t dog shit | Evaluate your personality, work style, etc. to see if it is a good match for academia. The most successful academics are aggressive, ambitious, extroverted, self-promoters, confident public speakers, and good at schmoozing/sucking up. It is part of the game. If you love research but want to be left alone to do it, wou... | 0 | 1,559 | 1.2 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72oan1 | g72ajly | 1,601,395,648 | 1,601,389,950 | 18 | 14 | Evaluate your personality, work style, etc. to see if it is a good match for academia. The most successful academics are aggressive, ambitious, extroverted, self-promoters, confident public speakers, and good at schmoozing/sucking up. It is part of the game. If you love research but want to be left alone to do it, wou... | Don’t bother with Twitter - no hiring committee gives a shit. | 1 | 5,698 | 1.285714 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72oan1 | g72js2f | 1,601,395,648 | 1,601,393,860 | 18 | 12 | Evaluate your personality, work style, etc. to see if it is a good match for academia. The most successful academics are aggressive, ambitious, extroverted, self-promoters, confident public speakers, and good at schmoozing/sucking up. It is part of the game. If you love research but want to be left alone to do it, wou... | Decide what matters to you in terms of happiness. Getting a TT job is already difficult, getting a TT job in a good location (whatever that means for you- close to family, close to friends and a support network, employment options for a partner, city or rural, etc.) is very difficult. | 1 | 1,788 | 1.5 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72m7ef | g72oan1 | 1,601,394,840 | 1,601,395,648 | 13 | 18 | Stay out of the department politics and toxicity. Put your head down, work hard, while also leaving time for yourself and your family. Learn to negotiate and occasionally say no to requests. | Evaluate your personality, work style, etc. to see if it is a good match for academia. The most successful academics are aggressive, ambitious, extroverted, self-promoters, confident public speakers, and good at schmoozing/sucking up. It is part of the game. If you love research but want to be left alone to do it, wou... | 0 | 808 | 1.384615 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72dh0d | g72xsue | 1,601,391,249 | 1,601,399,257 | 16 | 17 | Get out. Now. | To **my** younger academic self: don’t do it. For the love of god, just don’t. To someone else’s: Cultivate good self-management habits (Follow a schedule, make to-do lists, etc). You’re only really accountable to yourself. Re-evaluate the standards you set for yourself regularly. What looks trivial to you is not ne... | 0 | 8,008 | 1.0625 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72xsue | g72kbwc | 1,601,399,257 | 1,601,394,089 | 17 | 15 | To **my** younger academic self: don’t do it. For the love of god, just don’t. To someone else’s: Cultivate good self-management habits (Follow a schedule, make to-do lists, etc). You’re only really accountable to yourself. Re-evaluate the standards you set for yourself regularly. What looks trivial to you is not ne... | Find an advisor that isn’t dog shit | 1 | 5,168 | 1.133333 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72ajly | g72xsue | 1,601,389,950 | 1,601,399,257 | 14 | 17 | Don’t bother with Twitter - no hiring committee gives a shit. | To **my** younger academic self: don’t do it. For the love of god, just don’t. To someone else’s: Cultivate good self-management habits (Follow a schedule, make to-do lists, etc). You’re only really accountable to yourself. Re-evaluate the standards you set for yourself regularly. What looks trivial to you is not ne... | 0 | 9,307 | 1.214286 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72xsue | g72js2f | 1,601,399,257 | 1,601,393,860 | 17 | 12 | To **my** younger academic self: don’t do it. For the love of god, just don’t. To someone else’s: Cultivate good self-management habits (Follow a schedule, make to-do lists, etc). You’re only really accountable to yourself. Re-evaluate the standards you set for yourself regularly. What looks trivial to you is not ne... | Decide what matters to you in terms of happiness. Getting a TT job is already difficult, getting a TT job in a good location (whatever that means for you- close to family, close to friends and a support network, employment options for a partner, city or rural, etc.) is very difficult. | 1 | 5,397 | 1.416667 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72m7ef | g72xsue | 1,601,394,840 | 1,601,399,257 | 13 | 17 | Stay out of the department politics and toxicity. Put your head down, work hard, while also leaving time for yourself and your family. Learn to negotiate and occasionally say no to requests. | To **my** younger academic self: don’t do it. For the love of god, just don’t. To someone else’s: Cultivate good self-management habits (Follow a schedule, make to-do lists, etc). You’re only really accountable to yourself. Re-evaluate the standards you set for yourself regularly. What looks trivial to you is not ne... | 0 | 4,417 | 1.307692 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72dh0d | g72ajly | 1,601,391,249 | 1,601,389,950 | 16 | 14 | Get out. Now. | Don’t bother with Twitter - no hiring committee gives a shit. | 1 | 1,299 | 1.142857 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72kbwc | g72ajly | 1,601,394,089 | 1,601,389,950 | 15 | 14 | Find an advisor that isn’t dog shit | Don’t bother with Twitter - no hiring committee gives a shit. | 1 | 4,139 | 1.071429 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72js2f | g72kbwc | 1,601,393,860 | 1,601,394,089 | 12 | 15 | Decide what matters to you in terms of happiness. Getting a TT job is already difficult, getting a TT job in a good location (whatever that means for you- close to family, close to friends and a support network, employment options for a partner, city or rural, etc.) is very difficult. | Find an advisor that isn’t dog shit | 0 | 229 | 1.25 |
j1yk75 | askacademia_train | 1 | Advice to your younger academic self If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about academia or the PhD process, what would you say? What did you wish you had known early on? I’ve been asked to speak at an induction day for new PhD students and would love to hear your experiences/advice (as students an... | g72js2f | g72m7ef | 1,601,393,860 | 1,601,394,840 | 12 | 13 | Decide what matters to you in terms of happiness. Getting a TT job is already difficult, getting a TT job in a good location (whatever that means for you- close to family, close to friends and a support network, employment options for a partner, city or rural, etc.) is very difficult. | Stay out of the department politics and toxicity. Put your head down, work hard, while also leaving time for yourself and your family. Learn to negotiate and occasionally say no to requests. | 0 | 980 | 1.083333 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28hjlu | h28fpn1 | 1,624,039,338 | 1,624,038,525 | 197 | 137 | Students who have impressed me most have (1) had the desire and ability to become strong in the fundamentals of the field and then (2) work with me as partners in pushing research in a direction that they find personally interesting. I suppose that’s a combination of ability, interest, and professionalism. | Being someone I can trust to do good work without needing to manage you much is really what it boils down to. Like if I give a deadline, I expect it to be met. If it can't be, that's ok as long as there's an extenuating circumstance and I know about it ahead of time. Regularly meeting deadlines, being concientious (bu... | 1 | 813 | 1.437956 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h289ksk | h28hjlu | 1,624,035,756 | 1,624,039,338 | 62 | 197 | “…a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them.” No, it’s really not. There are two really big misunderstandings on this. First, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” is absolutely false. Second, “it doesn’t hurt to ask” is also not true. Hopefully for you, you aren’t using the te... | Students who have impressed me most have (1) had the desire and ability to become strong in the fundamentals of the field and then (2) work with me as partners in pushing research in a direction that they find personally interesting. I suppose that’s a combination of ability, interest, and professionalism. | 0 | 3,582 | 3.177419 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28xuby | h28fpn1 | 1,624,046,689 | 1,624,038,525 | 140 | 137 | The best grad students seem to have their own agenda that is interdependent with their mentor's research. They use their mentor for advice, but don't need hand holding for everything. They are driven by their own goals and find a mentor that facilities progress in that direction. | Being someone I can trust to do good work without needing to manage you much is really what it boils down to. Like if I give a deadline, I expect it to be met. If it can't be, that's ok as long as there's an extenuating circumstance and I know about it ahead of time. Regularly meeting deadlines, being concientious (bu... | 1 | 8,164 | 1.021898 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28xuby | h289ksk | 1,624,046,689 | 1,624,035,756 | 140 | 62 | The best grad students seem to have their own agenda that is interdependent with their mentor's research. They use their mentor for advice, but don't need hand holding for everything. They are driven by their own goals and find a mentor that facilities progress in that direction. | “…a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them.” No, it’s really not. There are two really big misunderstandings on this. First, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” is absolutely false. Second, “it doesn’t hurt to ask” is also not true. Hopefully for you, you aren’t using the te... | 1 | 10,933 | 2.258065 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28shbp | h28xuby | 1,624,044,292 | 1,624,046,689 | 47 | 140 | Time management skills. I just graduated with my MA and there were two other students in my cohort that I was constantly impressed by because of their insane time management skills. One of them is a mother to twin girls who works a part time job outside of her GTA responsibilities and she was constantly submitting g... | The best grad students seem to have their own agenda that is interdependent with their mentor's research. They use their mentor for advice, but don't need hand holding for everything. They are driven by their own goals and find a mentor that facilities progress in that direction. | 0 | 2,397 | 2.978723 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28fpn1 | h289ksk | 1,624,038,525 | 1,624,035,756 | 137 | 62 | Being someone I can trust to do good work without needing to manage you much is really what it boils down to. Like if I give a deadline, I expect it to be met. If it can't be, that's ok as long as there's an extenuating circumstance and I know about it ahead of time. Regularly meeting deadlines, being concientious (bu... | “…a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them.” No, it’s really not. There are two really big misunderstandings on this. First, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” is absolutely false. Second, “it doesn’t hurt to ask” is also not true. Hopefully for you, you aren’t using the te... | 1 | 2,769 | 2.209677 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h289ksk | h29d7ex | 1,624,035,756 | 1,624,053,993 | 62 | 90 | “…a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them.” No, it’s really not. There are two really big misunderstandings on this. First, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” is absolutely false. Second, “it doesn’t hurt to ask” is also not true. Hopefully for you, you aren’t using the te... | Honestly I don't think most PIs are good at determining who the good grad students are. Because most PIs are terrible managers. Largely disinterested in their students, too results-oriented, too quick to micromanage when students start to have problems... I think the point of graduate school is to learn to become an... | 0 | 18,237 | 1.451613 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28shbp | h29d7ex | 1,624,044,292 | 1,624,053,993 | 47 | 90 | Time management skills. I just graduated with my MA and there were two other students in my cohort that I was constantly impressed by because of their insane time management skills. One of them is a mother to twin girls who works a part time job outside of her GTA responsibilities and she was constantly submitting g... | Honestly I don't think most PIs are good at determining who the good grad students are. Because most PIs are terrible managers. Largely disinterested in their students, too results-oriented, too quick to micromanage when students start to have problems... I think the point of graduate school is to learn to become an... | 0 | 9,701 | 1.914894 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h29mmel | h289ksk | 1,624,059,087 | 1,624,035,756 | 86 | 62 | >What then, separates mediocre, good, and exceptional students? When is the last time a student genuinely impressed you? What did he/she do? Intellectual curiosity matched with serious effort to engage with the literature. In addition to their time doing experiments, READING READING READING dozens and dozens and DOZEN... | “…a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them.” No, it’s really not. There are two really big misunderstandings on this. First, “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” is absolutely false. Second, “it doesn’t hurt to ask” is also not true. Hopefully for you, you aren’t using the te... | 1 | 23,331 | 1.387097 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h28shbp | h29mmel | 1,624,044,292 | 1,624,059,087 | 47 | 86 | Time management skills. I just graduated with my MA and there were two other students in my cohort that I was constantly impressed by because of their insane time management skills. One of them is a mother to twin girls who works a part time job outside of her GTA responsibilities and she was constantly submitting g... | >What then, separates mediocre, good, and exceptional students? When is the last time a student genuinely impressed you? What did he/she do? Intellectual curiosity matched with serious effort to engage with the literature. In addition to their time doing experiments, READING READING READING dozens and dozens and DOZEN... | 0 | 14,795 | 1.829787 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h2aefo0 | h2aexcm | 1,624,074,495 | 1,624,074,781 | 18 | 25 | One of the things that separates the good students from the exceptional students is that the good students will take and follow directions and complete tasks to the letter. The exceptional students appreciate the bigger picture in which those tasks were given and, while completing them, can go beyond to provide insight... | I've seen a lot of people go on to get really competitive academic and industry jobs and the number one skill they have had (along with genuine intellectual curiosity), bar none, is time management. These were mostly people who did *not* work crazy long hours or most (if any) weekends, often because of family commitmen... | 0 | 286 | 1.388889 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h2aexcm | h29o3qz | 1,624,074,781 | 1,624,059,918 | 25 | 7 | I've seen a lot of people go on to get really competitive academic and industry jobs and the number one skill they have had (along with genuine intellectual curiosity), bar none, is time management. These were mostly people who did *not* work crazy long hours or most (if any) weekends, often because of family commitmen... | I think a lot of it boils down to finding a right mentor. A lot of success in grad school depends on luck and whether your project is successful or not. That is of course the essence of research. In my opinion, I have seen everyone of my cohorts work hard but the results vary because of varying factors. For example, a... | 1 | 14,863 | 3.571429 |
o2tc11 | askacademia_train | 0.96 | PIs, what do you find most impressive about exceptional grad students? I know it's not about knowing the answers to everything (as I was once led to believe), but a part of grad school and growing is asking dumb questions, lots of them. This is especially so if one worked in an interdisciplinary field. What then, sepa... | h2aefo0 | h29o3qz | 1,624,074,495 | 1,624,059,918 | 18 | 7 | One of the things that separates the good students from the exceptional students is that the good students will take and follow directions and complete tasks to the letter. The exceptional students appreciate the bigger picture in which those tasks were given and, while completing them, can go beyond to provide insight... | I think a lot of it boils down to finding a right mentor. A lot of success in grad school depends on luck and whether your project is successful or not. That is of course the essence of research. In my opinion, I have seen everyone of my cohorts work hard but the results vary because of varying factors. For example, a... | 1 | 14,577 | 2.571429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmf96 | ejcnodt | 1,553,533,073 | 1,553,533,893 | 124 | 229 | Field botany. Crunchy types. "GMO's are the devil, gluten is evil, Braden went dairy free and raw vegan in the same weekend. We're doing homeopathy for my son's ear ache. Who wants rainforest friendly granola?" | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | 0 | 820 | 1.846774 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnodt | ejckfgu | 1,553,533,893 | 1,553,531,784 | 229 | 96 | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | I do geochronology and a lot of my group works on Early Earth. We get weird postcards a couple times a year, and weird emails several times a year. My supervisor also has been "cited" by Answers in Genesis multiple times... ​ Edit: I realized I didn't specify what type of weird it was. Mostly creationists insi... | 1 | 2,109 | 2.385417 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnodt | ejclz9z | 1,553,533,893 | 1,553,532,789 | 229 | 82 | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | Celtic studies/medieval Irish history attracts a lot of people who identify with pop-history representations of Irish culture/society who are absolutely furious to discover that much of what's out there (especially with regards to the religion[s] practised in Ireland prior to Christianisation) is not an accurate repres... | 1 | 1,104 | 2.792683 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnk3f | ejcnodt | 1,553,533,818 | 1,553,533,893 | 68 | 229 | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | 0 | 75 | 3.367647 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnodt | ejcmrmy | 1,553,533,893 | 1,553,533,294 | 229 | 57 | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | 1 | 599 | 4.017544 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcms3f | ejcnodt | 1,553,533,302 | 1,553,533,893 | 56 | 229 | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | 0 | 591 | 4.089286 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcnodt | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,533,893 | 52 | 229 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | 0 | 920 | 4.403846 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejcnodt | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,533,893 | 46 | 229 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | I’m in German Studies.... so Nazis.... lots and lots of fucking Nazis. | 0 | 100 | 4.978261 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco4po | ejcmf96 | 1,553,534,190 | 1,553,533,073 | 134 | 124 | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | Field botany. Crunchy types. "GMO's are the devil, gluten is evil, Braden went dairy free and raw vegan in the same weekend. We're doing homeopathy for my son's ear ache. Who wants rainforest friendly granola?" | 1 | 1,117 | 1.080645 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejckfgu | ejco4po | 1,553,531,784 | 1,553,534,190 | 96 | 134 | I do geochronology and a lot of my group works on Early Earth. We get weird postcards a couple times a year, and weird emails several times a year. My supervisor also has been "cited" by Answers in Genesis multiple times... ​ Edit: I realized I didn't specify what type of weird it was. Mostly creationists insi... | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | 0 | 2,406 | 1.395833 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco4po | ejclz9z | 1,553,534,190 | 1,553,532,789 | 134 | 82 | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | Celtic studies/medieval Irish history attracts a lot of people who identify with pop-history representations of Irish culture/society who are absolutely furious to discover that much of what's out there (especially with regards to the religion[s] practised in Ireland prior to Christianisation) is not an accurate repres... | 1 | 1,401 | 1.634146 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco4po | ejcnk3f | 1,553,534,190 | 1,553,533,818 | 134 | 68 | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | 1 | 372 | 1.970588 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmrmy | ejco4po | 1,553,533,294 | 1,553,534,190 | 57 | 134 | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | 0 | 896 | 2.350877 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco4po | ejcms3f | 1,553,534,190 | 1,553,533,302 | 134 | 56 | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | 1 | 888 | 2.392857 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco4po | ejcnuid | 1,553,534,190 | 1,553,534,005 | 134 | 60 | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | 1 | 185 | 2.233333 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco4po | ejcm9le | 1,553,534,190 | 1,553,532,973 | 134 | 52 | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | 1 | 1,217 | 2.576923 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejco4po | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,534,190 | 46 | 134 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | History of science: a lot of aggressive atheists who think that Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins are leading scholars, and that science is some sort of special, removed form of knowledge. | 0 | 397 | 2.913043 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmf96 | ejckfgu | 1,553,533,073 | 1,553,531,784 | 124 | 96 | Field botany. Crunchy types. "GMO's are the devil, gluten is evil, Braden went dairy free and raw vegan in the same weekend. We're doing homeopathy for my son's ear ache. Who wants rainforest friendly granola?" | I do geochronology and a lot of my group works on Early Earth. We get weird postcards a couple times a year, and weird emails several times a year. My supervisor also has been "cited" by Answers in Genesis multiple times... ​ Edit: I realized I didn't specify what type of weird it was. Mostly creationists insi... | 1 | 1,289 | 1.291667 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmf96 | ejclz9z | 1,553,533,073 | 1,553,532,789 | 124 | 82 | Field botany. Crunchy types. "GMO's are the devil, gluten is evil, Braden went dairy free and raw vegan in the same weekend. We're doing homeopathy for my son's ear ache. Who wants rainforest friendly granola?" | Celtic studies/medieval Irish history attracts a lot of people who identify with pop-history representations of Irish culture/society who are absolutely furious to discover that much of what's out there (especially with regards to the religion[s] practised in Ireland prior to Christianisation) is not an accurate repres... | 1 | 284 | 1.512195 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcmf96 | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,533,073 | 52 | 124 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | Field botany. Crunchy types. "GMO's are the devil, gluten is evil, Braden went dairy free and raw vegan in the same weekend. We're doing homeopathy for my son's ear ache. Who wants rainforest friendly granola?" | 0 | 100 | 2.384615 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejckfgu | ejcpb0z | 1,553,531,784 | 1,553,534,943 | 96 | 118 | I do geochronology and a lot of my group works on Early Earth. We get weird postcards a couple times a year, and weird emails several times a year. My supervisor also has been "cited" by Answers in Genesis multiple times... ​ Edit: I realized I didn't specify what type of weird it was. Mostly creationists insi... | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 3,159 | 1.229167 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejclz9z | ejcpb0z | 1,553,532,789 | 1,553,534,943 | 82 | 118 | Celtic studies/medieval Irish history attracts a lot of people who identify with pop-history representations of Irish culture/society who are absolutely furious to discover that much of what's out there (especially with regards to the religion[s] practised in Ireland prior to Christianisation) is not an accurate repres... | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 2,154 | 1.439024 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnk3f | ejcpb0z | 1,553,533,818 | 1,553,534,943 | 68 | 118 | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 1,125 | 1.735294 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmrmy | ejcpb0z | 1,553,533,294 | 1,553,534,943 | 57 | 118 | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 1,649 | 2.070175 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcpb0z | ejcms3f | 1,553,534,943 | 1,553,533,302 | 118 | 56 | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | 1 | 1,641 | 2.107143 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnuid | ejcpb0z | 1,553,534,005 | 1,553,534,943 | 60 | 118 | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 938 | 1.966667 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoqy4 | ejcpb0z | 1,553,534,584 | 1,553,534,943 | 55 | 118 | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 359 | 2.145455 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcm9le | ejcpb0z | 1,553,532,973 | 1,553,534,943 | 52 | 118 | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 1,970 | 2.269231 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnio9 | ejcpb0z | 1,553,533,793 | 1,553,534,943 | 46 | 118 | I did a lot of work on spherical robots (before Star Wars came out), and I still get people emailing me about BB8. | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 1,150 | 2.565217 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcobh4 | ejcpb0z | 1,553,534,310 | 1,553,534,943 | 35 | 118 | Political Science. Right-wing, left-wing, every branch of near-fanatic political ideology. Class arguments between democratic socialists, strict libertarians, and one student who believes the best system is a benevolent autocracy. Everyone seems to be extreme in other beliefs as well, religious/historical/veganism. Es... | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 633 | 3.371429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoo5q | ejcpb0z | 1,553,534,536 | 1,553,534,943 | 36 | 118 | I'm in clinical psychopharmacology; I conduct human lab studies investigating various adverse effects of cannabis (e.g. driving impairment, cognitive performance impairment). We actually get some very well-informed and well-reasoned cannabis advocates who provide some much-needed perspective in the field. On the other ... | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 407 | 3.277778 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejco7iq | ejcpb0z | 1,553,534,239 | 1,553,534,943 | 34 | 118 | I'm in English literature and pretty much every department has its own token Deleuze & Guattari and/or Derrida enthusiast. | Physics. We get messages from so called geniuses, who think they have solved physics theories and want somebody to help them. They think they can design perpetual motion machines and speak in garbled nonsense. It's pretty sad to see to be honest. The most absurd I received recently made some claim and it had a 16 sig... | 0 | 704 | 3.470588 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejclz9z | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,532,789 | 89 | 82 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | Celtic studies/medieval Irish history attracts a lot of people who identify with pop-history representations of Irish culture/society who are absolutely furious to discover that much of what's out there (especially with regards to the religion[s] practised in Ireland prior to Christianisation) is not an accurate repres... | 1 | 5,678 | 1.085366 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejcpfwe | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,535,032 | 89 | 70 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | Special Education in an urban areas: We get a lot of “poor them” people who are all about inspiration porn. We also have the urban savior (usually white, middle class). And then occasionally the total crack pots who mention horrific actions they have taken in their classrooms as if they are the norm. In the fiel... | 1 | 3,435 | 1.271429 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcnk3f | ejcurpr | 1,553,533,818 | 1,553,538,467 | 68 | 89 | Assyriology, Sumerology, and Biblical Studies. Anything from Ancient Aliens folks to biblical fundamentalists to Atheist fundamentalists. Absolute insanity. | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 4,649 | 1.308824 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcsbmc | ejcurpr | 1,553,536,877 | 1,553,538,467 | 66 | 89 | Three kinds of cranks attracted to archaeology: 1) the old fogeys who go to your public lecture "I have a question, interesting talk by the way. When I was young (some long story about how adventurous they used to be and how them and their friends found a shipwreck or cave painting, with no question at the end)." Incl... | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 1,590 | 1.348485 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcmrmy | ejcurpr | 1,553,533,294 | 1,553,538,467 | 57 | 89 | Libertarians. CS PhD. It's.... upsetting | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 5,173 | 1.561404 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejcms3f | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,533,302 | 89 | 56 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | Anthropology/human evolution/fossils. I get angry Creationists and the “is this totally normal rock I found in my back yard a precious fossil?” types. The latter is usually accompanied by a blurry, low resolution photo of said rock. | 1 | 5,165 | 1.589286 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejcnuid | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,534,005 | 89 | 60 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | The people who just saw their first abstract painting (or god forbid, found out how much an abstract painting sold for at auction) and want to tell us that we are either all delusional or in a conspiracy against "true" art. | 1 | 4,462 | 1.483333 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcoqy4 | ejcurpr | 1,553,534,584 | 1,553,538,467 | 55 | 89 | If you work in a geology department expect lots of excited emails and occasional drop-ins by someone who is super-anxious to know how much the "meteorite" they just found on their property is worth. (The answer is that it's slag; it's always slag.) | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | 0 | 3,883 | 1.618182 |
b5com1 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | What type of cranks does your discipline attract? I'm in religious studies and just got an email from someone letting me know his bizarre theories about the Bible. | ejcurpr | ejcm9le | 1,553,538,467 | 1,553,532,973 | 89 | 52 | I'm a climatologist. You can figure out the rest. The president of the United States is one of them. | I'm in psychology/neuroscience. We get lots of theoretical physicists writing nonsense about consciousness. | 1 | 5,494 | 1.711538 |
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