Ideally we will be promoted to be mentors to teach the same stuff we've mastered or to handle more difficult/critical parts of the things we're doing. But in r

Ideally we will be promoted to be mentors to teach the same stuff we've mastered or to handle more difficult/critical parts of the things we're doing. But in reality, promotion means doing more work that you've never seen before. Usually tedious paperwork. Ironically, you're a noob again and now with less time to do the stuff you're good at. This is why I hate academe. The professor's tasks has very little to do with what a research student does.