tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post3587826724126492226..comments2023-05-27T02:05:32.912-07:00Comments on The Prodigal Academic: How to not support your studentsprodigal academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-76138104543914184652016-06-08T19:22:39.771-07:002016-06-08T19:22:39.771-07:00Oh yeah. I heard a talk yesterday, and the PI waxe...Oh yeah. I heard a talk yesterday, and the PI waxed poetic about his group members, with pictures multiple times throughout the talk. There is a woman who is presumably a postdoc (she's a Dr. and was always referred to by first name) who was the second author on every single goddamn paper of the group. Yet whenever he talked about folks from his group, he's tell us about the various lead author dudes, their thought process and career trajectories, but we know nothing about Dr. A who is on every single paper. I am sure she has no thought process, ideas, or expertise that we should know of? More likely, she is super valuable to the PI but not aware fully of her worth, and the PI doesn't want anyone getting any ideas about hiring her away. <br /><br />You are right. Not being the Golden Boy sucks. I am probably among 1-3 objectively most successful offspring of my PhD advisor, if not the most successful. Yet there is one other guy who by objective measures is OK but nothing spectacular get ridiculous lip service and boosting from our former advisor; I don't think he ever does that for me. xykademiqzhttp://xykademiqz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com