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I think the real takeaway is the professor adamantly demanding his postdoc get an interview. In business or academia, leveraging personal connections is the onl
by rcme 3y ago
I think the real takeaway is the professor adamantly demanding his postdoc get an interview. In business or academia, leveraging personal connections is the only guaranteed way to make career progress.
- ellisv 3y agoIt’s unsurprising though. If nothing else, it would be a good opportunity for the post doc. While there can be some stigma in staying at the same institution (cross-pollination is typically encouraged) it’s also a good show to at least pretend to like your own students/post docs enough to entertain keeping them around. Also keep in mind the professor has an interest in seeing the post doc succeed.
- creer 3y agoAnd a way to respond to that demand would be a allow one extra (that) post doc to interview. A trade off to humor that professor while keeping the good candidates around.
- DiscourseFan 3y agoUnfortunately this sort of thing makes sense in the end: one in the hand is worth two in the bush. Yeah he likes the guy and probably gives him more than he is due, but they know who he is, what he acts like, where he's going. They know how to work with him. In all these kinds of matters, no matter how shiny someone presents themselves to be, its only over the course of many months and years of knowing them that you can get an accurate picture.