7th Century: Service Obligations Interfering with Research and Teaching

Some things never change...

Academics complaining that departmental service obligations interfere with their research and teaching. Assyria, mid 7th century BC: pic.twitter.com/SCkmgFk8by

— Christopher Jones (@cwjones89) November 2, 2019

(Tip of the cap to multiple people.)

Time Pie Chart: Postdoc Versus Faculty

Here is a handy pie chart to illustrate what we mean when faculty say that in these respects (we of course are very much aware that there are certain sources of stress that can counteract idealized feelings), postdoc time is the ideal time in an academic's life. That said, being a professor is a great job!

Postdoc vs Assistant Prof. I keep hoping to return to "postdoc mode" of research but this gif has me worried. pic.twitter.com/7HdqyqFMht

— Suchi Saria (@suchisaria) August 6, 2016

(Tip of the cap to Gabor Vattay, who retweeted the above tweet from one of today's speakers in the MBI workshop I'm attending.)