when can you RELAX in life?

fizix2
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:09:04 +0000

When I get tenure at a prestigious university.



And then you’ll be traveling all the time and presenting your research and writing proposals to bring in funding. It’s hard work staying on top of your field. You’ve got to publish publish publish if you want to keep up your reputation. And chances are, once you’re tenured you’re not going to stop caring and you’ll be working like a dog well into your 50s.

Life as a professor is hard. Trust me, my dad is one.

…But if you teach at a non-prestigious university where professors don’t do research and just come into class twice a week it’s a lot more relaxing.