Re:Ways to Say No – With Grace and Style
by Solvency on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:05AM
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Having joyfully never dealt with any form of "academia" I am still morbidly curious about what it's all about and these cryptic warnings about it from its victims. Why can't it just be a place where people learn and research and support each other? Actual question, not rhetorical.
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Stakes are too low, so people start fighting over the most meaningless things in my experience.
Re:Ways to Say No – With Grace and Style
by margarina72 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:28PM
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It has to do with how resources are allocated (both human and financial resources).
It creates a very unhealthy environment where relationships and who has your back or not has more influence than the actual work you are able to deliver.
Re:Ways to Say No – With Grace and Style
by consilient on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:46PM
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> Why can't it just be a place where people learn and research and support each other?
It is - for tenured professors at good schools. But getting to that point is intensely competitive, and the vast majority of people don't make it.