This is an interesting perspective! Don’t think I’ve looked at it quite this way - I want to believe that one can be a kind and also realistic mentor - that’s what I strive for. But the people who manage to get faculty positions are, by definition the ones who don’t heed all of the signals telling them that academia is a mug’s game.
This is an interesting perspective! Don’t think I’ve looked at it quite this way - I want to believe that one can be a kind and also realistic mentor - that’s what I strive for. But the people who manage to get faculty positions are, by definition the ones who don’t heed all of the signals telling them that academia is a mug’s game.