School's prestige / Publication / PI - to be a professor?

bernardzhu
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:25:30 +0000

Of course, a recommendation from a well known PI would be important for finding a professor job. But more importantly is the quality and quantity of your work. How many first author papers you have, and are they published in top journals? School is good for creating an initial impression, nothing more. I would say only find a professor job when you have good publication records, and if not, do as many postdocs as you like to build up your experiences.