tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post7705188187023548613..comments2024-03-19T00:11:46.679-07:00Comments on The Prodigal Academic: Surviving the TTprodigal academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-35737146684672108892011-09-21T07:30:11.948-07:002011-09-21T07:30:11.948-07:00My boyfriend's advisor has at least 5 phd stud...My boyfriend's advisor has at least 5 phd students (maybe more?) in his lab, and he deals with this by working 'til 9pm every night, and making time for his students at 6pm, so that they have to work 'til 9pm too. (He also works Monday - Saturday, so they work Mon - Sat, but he's not above being annoyed that they didn't get something done by Monday that he asked them to do on Saturday evening.)<br /><br />He's very well known and respected in his field, makes oodles of money consulting and with side businesses. So I guess he counts as a "success" but who would want to be him?Kellenhttp://www.accountantbyday.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-14447217632974094192011-02-16T06:22:06.212-08:002011-02-16T06:22:06.212-08:00Thanks for the nice comments! Even if Anon is not ...Thanks for the nice comments! Even if Anon is not a troll (which I doubt), it has been a long, long time since I thought that not being the best meant being a failure. It would not surprise me that others could make the transition to TT more successfully than me. That said, I suspect there are more TT newbies with experiences like mine than like Anon's.prodigal academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433167641213112052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-21568967640320165862011-02-15T20:14:06.831-08:002011-02-15T20:14:06.831-08:00I think Hermitage is spot on. Anon above does not ...I think Hermitage is spot on. Anon above does not really sound like a PI. "running a Masters program and teaching 3-5 classes at a research university"GMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872461021953583473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-84043221325673241102011-02-15T10:55:34.918-08:002011-02-15T10:55:34.918-08:00Odyssey, dunut feed the trollz. Probably some unde...Odyssey, dunut feed the trollz. Probably some undergrad with delusions of grandeur sleep-commenting. <br /><br />I <3 reading about your experiences on TT prodigal. I would say I save every post but that would be a lie, and also creepy. But I feel the compulsion in my heart every time!Hermitagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10526192542331220475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-73709952642949043372011-02-15T06:18:45.883-08:002011-02-15T06:18:45.883-08:00Anon:
Don't be a tool. Bully for you with you ...Anon:<br />Don't be a tool. Bully for you with you 9 PhD students. I guess you're some kind of superstar. Got tenure yet?Odysseyhttp://scientopia.org/blogs/blather/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068615175426357203.post-33825667123612677152011-02-14T08:44:16.006-08:002011-02-14T08:44:16.006-08:004 students? Nothing. I have 9 PhDs plus running a ...4 students? Nothing. I have 9 PhDs plus running a Masters program and teaching 3-5 classes at a research university. Strange that this 'success' is so exhausting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com