Absolutely my experience as well. The grad students I've seen make it to professorship positions are all the ones who: 1. Sacrifice all social life outside sci

Absolutely my experience as well. The grad students I've seen make it to professorship positions are all the ones who: 1. Sacrifice all social life outside science. 2. Play the schmoozing and reputation management game very well (Twitter is taking off for this). 3. Mercilessly squeeze every last drop of productivity out of the undergrads assigned to them.