Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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:

Becky said...

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.

Matt said...

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...