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A comment on Philip Greenspun's take on Women in Science. Parent comment

Re:Philip Greenspun's take on Women in Science by brlewis on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @01:14PM (#74717)
What part of a history or literature career involves insane hours? Those fields are a perfectly good thing to do during the day if you don't need money.
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Re:Philip Greenspun's take on Women in Science by mhartl on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @03:43PM (#74780)
All jobs in academia demand long hours if you're serious about getting tenure.
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Re:Philip Greenspun's take on Women in Science by testapplication on Thursday November 01, 2007 @05:51PM (#75217)
It is hard to be serious about getting tenure in an English department, which amongst typical universities tend to have orders of magnitude less tenure spots available per actual tenure-track position.
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