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I'm learning Swahili. Any Swahili speakers on HN? On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried lo

I'm learning Swahili. Any Swahili speakers on HN? On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried loving it for the past 8 years I'm only ruining my life. I love teaching. My contract ends in 8 months and I'm looking around for all the ways I could find a job that I really care about, a teaching-oriented role in a university or school. And I'm so excited about this next step.

jventura 4y ago
Not Swahili speaker here, but: > On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried loving it for the past 8 years I'm only ruining my life. I love teaching. Same for me! I thing that nowadays people are confusing research with writing papers. I think they are quite different, and I really hate being forced into writing papers that no one will ever read. So I stopped doing it, but it's hard to get a full time role (aka "tenure") without (lots of) papers published. People playing the paper's game do a lot of things to get ahead. A guy I know (and got ahead of me) has published some 30 papers in the last two years. I don't find it credible, but 30 > 5, so he's in, and I'm out. > My contract ends in 8 months and I'm looking around for all the ways I could find a job that I really care about, a teaching-oriented role in a university or school. I'm a part-time adjunct CS professor (Western Europe so not so bad salary for local standards). Is it not a possibility for you? Good luck!
- martopix 4y ago
  I'm looking into "university teacher"-like positions. There are a few, but not so many. It's more common in the UK, where I did my PhD, but I'm not keen on going back there. I have time to keep looking. Otherwise teaching in high school is a plan B, temporarily or not. In my country it would be very easy as they have a big need. But the working conditions aren't great (lots of bureaucracy, incredibly stupid systems etc). want to tell me more about the 'adjunct' professor thing? (or can also email me at msaman () posteo.eu if you want to generally chat)

jventura 4y ago

Not Swahili speaker here, but: > On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried loving it for the past 8 years I'm only ruining my life. I love teaching. Same for me! I thing that nowadays people are confusing research with writing papers. I think they are quite different, and I really hate being forced into writing papers that no one will ever read. So I stopped doing it, but it's hard to get a full time role (aka "tenure") without (lots of) papers published. People playing the paper's game do a lot of things to get ahead. A guy I know (and got ahead of me) has published some 30 papers in the last two years. I don't find it credible, but 30 > 5, so he's in, and I'm out. > My contract ends in 8 months and I'm looking around for all the ways I could find a job that I really care about, a teaching-oriented role in a university or school. I'm a part-time adjunct CS professor (Western Europe so not so bad salary for local standards). Is it not a possibility for you? Good luck!

martopix 4y ago
I'm looking into "university teacher"-like positions. There are a few, but not so many. It's more common in the UK, where I did my PhD, but I'm not keen on going back there. I have time to keep looking. Otherwise teaching in high school is a plan B, temporarily or not. In my country it would be very easy as they have a big need. But the working conditions aren't great (lots of bureaucracy, incredibly stupid systems etc). want to tell me more about the 'adjunct' professor thing? (or can also email me at msaman () posteo.eu if you want to generally chat)