tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post8708576889275266848..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: A disappointment and some musingsSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-10780978890055573292008-11-09T06:21:00.000-08:002008-11-09T06:21:00.000-08:00This year sucks especially badly on the job market...This year sucks especially badly on the job market, alas. Our dean told the whole college that we're in some danger of losing our job slots, too.<BR/><BR/>On the other side, though, the friends I have who left academics have all (so far as I'm aware) found jobs that are rewarding intellectually and at least okay financially. And they aren't soul-killing, either.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping things work out well for you however they work out.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-65102591914018767502008-11-08T06:35:00.000-08:002008-11-08T06:35:00.000-08:00Oh, Sis - I feel you on the job cancellations. TD...Oh, Sis - I feel you on the job cancellations. TD's really good job opportunity near my Dream Academy went *poof*! yesterday and it's got us down. At least 2 of mine went the way of the dodo...medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-25654786314364152022008-11-08T06:07:00.000-08:002008-11-08T06:07:00.000-08:00I've had similar thought processes over the years ...I've had similar thought processes over the years -- that this academic job that I took because I thought it would leave lots of time for thinking, reading, writing, being an artist actually turned out to be, you know, a JOB -- a huge, time consuming, exhausting job. What a disappointment! Or, looked at differently, what a blessing! I see lots of people with "real jobs" (as the saying goes) that don't work as hard as I do but are also not as intellectually stimulated (sometimes over-stimulated) as I am on a daily basis. I go back and forth -- good days and bad days. My little bit of wisdom is: if you can get an academic job, be prepared to work your ass off and to abandon plans for other creative endeavors (at least for a little while; I've got my hopes up for post-tenure). If you can't get an academic job, embrace the idea of getting paid a decent salary and not having to "produce, produce, produce", perhaps finding an alternative mode of self-expression without all the tedious grading. <BR/><BR/>Good luck, Cog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-38421299012852642382008-11-07T21:11:00.000-08:002008-11-07T21:11:00.000-08:00Breaking them apart should provide you with much m...Breaking them apart should provide you with much more flexibility, sure. The same kind of flexibility that lying, for instance, also provides. If you ignore the moral aspect of it, as I do, there’s nonetheless still something that won’t quite work. Nonetheless, a liar is someone we have to consider very flexible indeed. Oh, the world just seems too tough to keep hoping for the single job of life.André Diashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840932577800270753noreply@blogger.com