Job Rumor Mill
Around this time of year, ants invade the pants of young astronomers. Fellowship and faculty search committees have assembled, short-lists have been ranked, fellowships are being offered, campus visits are being scheduled for would-be professors. Rumors fly, and a rumor wiki (we are organized, list-making people, after all) collects all the rumors, so that anxious job-seekers can be badly informed.
When I do check the rumor mill, I check the wiki revisions rather than the main site, to see changes only. Today, the revision notes include this wonderful exchange:
Q: Has anybody received rejection letters for Einstein yet?
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A: Patience, young grasshopper. They'll get around to rejecting you soon enough.
2 comments:
Oh, the rumor page has been totally entertaining this year. It's like people are finally saying all the things that they'd been thinking all these years.
Damn, I never, ever thought to look at the diffs for the snide comments.
It's a shame there isn't an easy way to just do a diff between two successive revisions, then I could see what "REALLY?!?" is referring to...
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