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Proud WashU grad here. Just happy to see us show up on Hacker News today.

• Joel_Mckay 2y ago
  Your profs do fantastic work for the community. I've donated to some of your faculties in the past, and am always pleased to see your teams recognized for their stellar work. Cheers =)
  • ysofunny 2y ago
    back in the day that was called the tithe. the real original tithe. the voluntary tithe. but that all went sideways when they made it mandatory and rebranded it as "taxes". sorry, I may still be hung up on a twitter response about taxation so I'm a bit jumpy about it
    • ysofunny 2y ago
      or maybe what I cannot get over is the living within lingering legacy of having had your "own" culture be made up so you can be exploited then realizing this, and finally (forever) being ostracized by peers for not going with the grain
      • Joel_Mckay 2y ago
        People often go into academia for the wrong reasons, and many universities have adapted to cater to new priorities. Often science takes on an orthogonal role to the politics, marketing, and irrational competition. Private sector business is far less of a pain, but still requires strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXXKqwrEql4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXXKqwrEql4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U Best of luck, =3