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> usually those who rely on prestige over actual quality to advance their careers Unfortunately for those of us pre-tenure, it's difficult to balance these as
by michaelmior 2y ago
> usually those who rely on prestige over actual quality to advance their careers
Unfortunately for those of us pre-tenure, it's difficult to balance these as I'm sure you aware. We're evaluated by people who may have the best intentions, but don't work directly in our field. They then determine whether we keep our jobs. It's difficult not to consider prestige as a factor when you know those evaluating you will.
- godelski 2y agoI cannot understand how people think that trying to evaluate people who are pushing the bounds of human knowledge is anything short of "a clusterfuck." I understand the appeal of metrics and prestige, as they provide some signal in an insanely noisy system, but to think they are perfectly aligned is ludicrous. Are we unwilling to just admit that the process is noisy? Is it really not okay that it is (and that we'll probably never escape this aspect)? Because I can't see us doing good science if we're not.