An industry exists for providing advice to would-be professors. Unfortunately, that industry is generally worthless, filled with self-serving platitudes urging conformity to a system that will gradually kill your soul. The following advice is intended for young scholars who aspire to maintain a sense of humanity in environments of bald careerism and brutal competition. There’s no foolproof method, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying. I hope the following observations help:
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A few things they won’t tell you during orientation.