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The Path to Impact No Longer Runs Solely Through Tenure
There are two paths in research.
One where you sit in a room, alone, writing ten pages a day for twenty years—no recognition, no guarantees. You don’t talk to anyone. You just keep going, because that’s what “success” is supposed to look like. And the guilt if you’re not doing it? It’s crushing.
And then there’s the other path.
The one where you still write, but you define impact your own way. Maybe that means building something new. Maybe it means helping others. Maybe it means working a job while trying to stay in the game. Everyone tells you that’s the wrong way. That you’re distracted…
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