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Why I'll Never Be a Research Superstar—and I'm Okay with That
I'll NEVER be a Research Superstar—“Oh Well.” Screw that if the career doesn’t reward me being “ME.”
I’m always going to try to give more than I take in research.
That means doing committee work, lots of reviewing, and actually reading the papers.
This is a mistake.
It will always make me far more behind then if I simply maximize on “producing pubs.”
I should not be in the career.
I don’t especially like writing or reading.
It makes me grumpy and I am slow.
I will always be chronically behind.
I am a problem.
But, think it’s an important part of who I am.
Oh well, so what if people don’t like…
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