Oh my
People want things from me. Constantly.
In the last few weeks, I was asked to write an article giving advice to postdocs for my university postdoc newsletter, write an abstract for a conference, chair a session at an upcoming conference, give a talk for the student chapter of my professional society at two different universities, write to admitted students at my future university, put slides on the web from a mentoring talk I gave last month, write a syllabus for the class I am teaching in the fall, write a perspective piece on women in science for a different newsletter, review one grant and two journal articles, and look at a group grant my colleagues are putting together to see how I could contribute as a co-PI.
Not complaining. This is fun. Besides, I said no to some of those requests.
Just saying: it’s quite the contrast. For the last N years of my life I basically went around quietly doing my research without anyone asking me for anything at all. Now that my name is on a web page with the words "Assistant Professor, starting Fall 2008" next to it, everything has changed.
