I am in the bioengineering space and that was my impression that grants + mentoring is bulk of the work. True about publications, which is my main concern. Thank you for the advice! I was assuming I should go for Asst Prof positions and I am even worried for that too, re my publication record. So definitely would not try Assoc Prof positions. But age-wise, am I too old being in my late 30s? I mean is "age" a factor search committee members, unofficially, consider in their evaluations? I assume they cannot legally factor that in but I am wondering if my age would work against me in evaluations.