Ancestors

Written by Nathan Taylor on 2025-01-28 at 21:38

nothing quite hits the "the last four years have been an abject failure" button quite like "$JOB_PROSPECT wants me to give a 45-minute talk on my work, and I have zero minutes worth of results to share in such a talk"

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Written by Nathan Taylor on 2025-01-28 at 21:39

it was probably arrogant on my part to think I could fly under the radar into an appsci role

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Toot

Written by Nathan Taylor on 2025-01-28 at 21:43

furious at my fucking department and the most furious at myself

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Descendants

Written by Nathan Taylor on 2025-01-30 at 20:47

meditating on this a bit more: the fact that academia makes me feel uniquely shitty about myself is probably a reasonably strong signal that, even if I cleared the bar, I should not go anywhere near a research role

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Written by Stuart Marks on 2025-01-28 at 22:30

@nathan Holy crap, what happened?

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Well you don’t have to explain it all, here or anywhere, but if the opportunity arises, perhaps over a beverage of your choice.

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