Comments on: Stating the obvious http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/ life, life in science, miscellaneous thoughts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:31:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: anon http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comment-574 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:00:38 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comment-574 My personal experiences lead me to believe that this rate <i>in part</i> due to some VERY good profs personal perception (<b>which may be true</b>...i don't know) that it is so hard to get tenure that they shoot for the moon and hold off publishing what they perceive as "lesser" results. This makes it harder to get grants...and without grants it impossible to get tenure. Perhaps I'm thinking of more isolated incidents, but I can think of at least a few cycles like this at top places. . . My personal experiences lead me to believe that this rate in part due to some VERY good profs personal perception (which may be true…i don’t know) that it is so hard to get tenure that they shoot for the moon and hold off publishing what they perceive as “lesser” results. This makes it harder to get grants…and without grants it impossible to get tenure.

Perhaps I’m thinking of more isolated incidents, but I can think of at least a few cycles like this at top places. . .

]]> by: ecogeofemme http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comment-562 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:28:02 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comment-562 50% -- no way! The prestige is not worth that much pressure, at least not at that point. 50% — no way! The prestige is not worth that much pressure, at least not at that point.

]]> by: sciencegirl http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comment-561 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:26:37 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2008/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comment-561 Spot on! Spot on!

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