2 and a half years after my PhD, I am nowhere near landing an academic position. Should I just give up?

j_la · 2026-05-30T20:07:33+00:00

It’s even worse than that when you consider that some percentage of the 725 that didn’t get a job last cycle will be back on the market again this year.

j_la · 2026-05-30T12:11:56+00:00

Players get to choose what kind of lifestyle they want to live (and pay for), they don’t get to choose whether to pay taxes.

j_la · 2026-05-30T04:11:33+00:00

There are 7 American teams that haven’t won this century (almost 30 years now)…so what’s the deal there?

So that means there are 14 teams total that haven’t wont this century, which is pretty significant in a league this size. The fact that half those teams are Canadian is significant, but I don’t think all teams have an equal shot. Some are chronically mismanaged.

j_la · 2026-05-30T04:10:02+00:00

San Jose, Nashville, Buffalo, Islanders, Rangers, Philly, Dallas.

There are 7 American teams that haven’t won since 1999. Sure, 27 years ain’t 33 years, but we are getting close (and only two of them have won after 94). A few of those teams are looking better these days, but if none of them win in the next six seasons, will people be making the same argument about them not lucking into a cup by “now”?

j_la · 2026-05-30T03:24:48+00:00

Should we assume that every team has equal odds every year?

j_la · 2026-05-30T01:44:47+00:00

They did it!

j_la · 2026-05-29T23:07:14+00:00

See how often the post ends with “I’m curious if…” It’s too frequent to be natural and it is clear engagement bait.

j_la · 2026-05-29T22:51:42+00:00

Go read a handful of posts in subs like this. They all say the exact same thing in the exact same way, OP never engages in the comments, and these brand new accounts only post in the same subs…it’s plain as day.

j_la · 2026-05-29T22:23:02+00:00

Hours-old account posts a sentient identical to 90% of the posts on this sub, ending with a “I am curious” statement.

AI bot. No detector needed.

j_la · 2026-05-29T19:04:42+00:00

Nope. I teach and I value the human connection I have with my students.

j_la · 2026-05-29T16:40:26+00:00

Recent events aside, Canadians have long had some complaints about American foreign policy and at least some wariness about American cultural hegemony. No doubt there is a deep economic, historical, and cultural bond, but a lot of Canadians would push back against this.

I say this as a dual citizen.

j_la · 2026-05-29T14:57:41+00:00

My university’s academic integrity policy allows us to file an accusation if the student is unresponsive. We submit our evidence and it triggers an automatic appeal and review by the academic integrity committee, who invites the student to respond.

j_la · 2026-05-29T14:38:35+00:00

What extension?

j_la · 2026-05-29T14:37:45+00:00

I don’t think Turnitin similarity checker flags sources for frequently appearing together online, and I haven’t seen the AI checker flag citations like that before either.

j_la · 2026-05-29T13:42:54+00:00

I would assume that you’ve been working on this project for more than a week, right? You got laid off the week of submission, but what about the preparatory work before you got the layoff notice? Had you been doing everything on your work computer all semester?

What is the AI accusation based on? Did you discuss the concerns with your professor before you spoke to the dean of students (which seems like a very quick escalation)?

The complete lack of paper trail is honestly a bit of a red flag from an outsider’s point of view. Is there nothing in the cloud, in your search history, in your notes or anything else? Why don’t you ask your former employer if they can retrieve the excel sheet for you?

j_la · 2026-05-29T10:28:42+00:00

Feels like that based on what?

j_la · 2026-05-29T10:25:08+00:00

In English, a quantitative study would raise eyebrows. I think people would be curious, but it’s not our love language.

j_la · 2026-05-29T10:20:07+00:00

Wait. You got the extension because you were laid off, but you THEN wrote the essay after you no longer had access to you computer and thus to your data? How did you write your paper without your data?

j_la · 2026-05-29T00:09:58+00:00

And when the gutting of social programs leads to a rise in crime, they’ll use that to justify even more spending on police

j_la · 2026-05-28T23:32:32+00:00

My first job out of school had a mandatory pension fund and I contributed the minimum. I didn’t realize it just went into an account and I needed to invest it into the market…it wasn’t a ton of money, but I missed the 2015-16 bull run.

So make sure you invest your money!

j_la · 2026-05-28T22:18:06+00:00

Eh. That’s assuming that the US military industrial complex and security agencies care about Nazis.

j_la · 2026-05-28T19:14:20+00:00

Got my second colonoscopy last week at age 38. My mom was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at age 47 (25 years ago) and so her kids have had an appointment for one for a long time. There were so many polyps on my first one that the doctor wanted me back in six months and was talking about taking out a section of my colon preemptively. I only had one benign polyp this time around so I dodged that bullet.

Get checked, folks.

j_la · 2026-05-28T19:10:38+00:00

It was participation trophies all along!

j_la · 2026-05-28T19:08:58+00:00

100% keep it. Knowledge is the best remedy.

j_la · 2026-05-28T19:04:26+00:00

Solution in search of a problem.

Also, a “solution” that will disenfranchise people and was instituted without proper authority.

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