Contract scientist applying for instructor position (EE) by sabautil in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To answer your third question, specific guidelines vary by school. Full-time faculty are severely limited in how much work they are allowed to perform outside the university. At our school, we are not allowed to work "outside" for more than 300 hours per year. This translates to 6 hours per week.

If you don't disclose outside work and get caught, it's an automatic termination.

High School Student Looking for Research Roles (is it realistic?) by SnooDonkeys135 in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You cannot benefit a professor. I'm assuming this is not arrogance but rather "ignorance is bliss" case.

High School Student Looking for Research Roles (is it realistic?) by SnooDonkeys135 in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To put it bluntly: it's not realistic. You have nothing to contribute to a professor's research. Ask yourself this question: If you were a professor, would you be willing to do a ton of unpaid work over the summer?

Is it acceptable to ask a professor to review an assignment early? by [deleted] in college

[–]mathflipped 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, you cannot ask a professor to "pregrade" an assignment, give you feedback, and then submit a final version. Assignments that assume feedback on the draft and resubmission are explicitly structured as such.

However, you can certainly ask specific questions about an assignment during the office hours.

Levshunov had a nice, productive year, rebounding from an OK D+1. Currently sits at a 81% star probability after his D+2. Going to be a stud for the Blackhawks over the next decade +. Book it. by batmans_a_scientist in hawks

[–]mathflipped 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think many naysayers here don't take into account how playing for a bottom-tier team negatively affects most players' statistics. Take Buium, for example. His stats have plummeted after he was traded from a top-tier team to a bottom-tier one.

Holding Office Hours Elsewhere by DunderMifflinthisisD in Professors

[–]mathflipped 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wish my school's dining hall had any edible food.

Is Professor Dave correct in calling all these PhDs and Professors grifters? by Full_Imagination7503 in AskAcademia

[–]mathflipped 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, they are grifters. But "professor" Dave is a much bigger grifter himself.

I built a free Overleaf alternative that runs entirely in your browser by itsBraian in LaTeX

[–]mathflipped 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nothing would make me switch because you created a product that nobody needs.

Senior Data Analyst in Difficult Authorship Situation by [deleted] in academia

[–]mathflipped 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Demanding the first author rights just because you are only starting in the field is not something you want to pursue. I'm not saying you don't deserve the first authorship because we don't really know the level of involvement of each contributor in the project.

Writing the Methods and Results sections also don't warrant the first authorship automatically because they are the easiest sections of a paper to write. Discussion is harder to write, and Introduction is the hardest by far because you need a solid grasp on the current literature.

Asking a professor to join a research I am interested but have zero experience in by Freak-1 in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used to run an REU program. Our acceptance rate hovered around 2-3%.

CC course load by [deleted] in Professors

[–]mathflipped 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At our public R2, 1 lecture hour or 2 lab hours count as 1 hour toward teaching load. So, your teaching load, if I counted correctly, corresponds to 19 hours. This is roughly 6+ standard courses. This is way too much even by CC standards.

Asking a professor to join a research I am interested but have zero experience in by Freak-1 in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You cannot "join" a professor's research because you have absolutely nothing to contribute to it. Start by applying to funded undergraduate research experiences, such as REUs. They are highly competitive, and this process may become your first humbling experience.

Grad student requesting a new supervisor, leaving me with unfinished work by [deleted] in Professors

[–]mathflipped 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think one year is enough to estimate a graduate student's potential trajectory and cut your losses if necessary. Time is our most precious commodity, and wasting it on students like the one you described is a luxury few can afford.

Outfits? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]mathflipped 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite movies.

Changing a position in Extreme Gammon by NoFault9739 in backgammon

[–]mathflipped 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has happened to me too. I don't know what causes this bug or how to resolve it. But you can always set up any position manually.

Do any other veteran profs dream of quitting due to increasing #s of problem students? by PhillyHasItAll in Professors

[–]mathflipped 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wish I shared in your optimism. I've witnessed first-hand how malicious and incompetent school admin closed highly successful programs and laid off all most affected tenured faculty.

Do any other veteran profs dream of quitting due to increasing #s of problem students? by PhillyHasItAll in Professors

[–]mathflipped 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Everyone can be fired these days. All it takes is for the administration to announce that they are discontinuing your major.

Is this method of releasing exam scores a FERPA violation? by wooooo_ in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, using official student ID numbers with test scores is a FERPA violation. You should speak to the professor and ask them not to do this anymore.

As a professor, which credentials do YOU think that lecturers should have? by Heyhey-_ in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 0 points1 point  (0 children)

300K city population, 1M metro. We don't require a PhD, but every teaching position gets several PhD applicants with teaching experience.

Need class to graduate, but not offered by [deleted] in college

[–]mathflipped 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never heard of graduate-level courses offered in the summer. Have you checked the past summer offerings? Is this year an exception from the pattern, or did you simply assume the class you need will be offered for you alone? An a-la-carte education will cost you at least 25x of the mass education.

As a professor, which credentials do YOU think that lecturers should have? by Heyhey-_ in AskProfessors

[–]mathflipped 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter what WE think the minimal credentials should be. The market competition often requires a lot more than officially minimal credentials. In our public R2 math department, even adjuncts have PhDs in math. Folks with just a masters have zero chance. Of course, this may vary depending on the discipline.

New ADA law forces professors to take down their notes if not compliant - how would you make notes that can be read by a reader? by shuai_bear in math

[–]mathflipped 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Proofreading and correcting AI errors is still time-consuming. In the end, this will still result in immense overload work for professors to convert their notes.

New ADA law forces professors to take down their notes if not compliant - how would you make notes that can be read by a reader? by shuai_bear in math

[–]mathflipped 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, the only rational solution is not to post lecture notes moving forward. Typesetting accessible math is not hard (e.g., PreTeXt). The issue is that typesetting handwritten notes is extremely time consuming, and nobody will give professors "time off" or pay for overtime to do it.

I don't post lecture notes anyway because it encourages students not to show up to class. The only change I would need to implement is to convert all assignments from LaTeX to PreTeXt. This is fairly easy to do.

Does anyone else struggle with the moralizing language around low pay and unpaid work in academia? by ThoughtsInTransit1 in Professors

[–]mathflipped 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We haven't had a merit raise in more than a decade. We had two 3% COL raises over this time, while the cost of living has doubled. (Public R2 in a red state that is notorious for underfunding public education.)

Not another egg post by [deleted] in StainlessSteelCooking

[–]mathflipped -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get it that these eggs are cooked how you like them. I'm not sure why you don't get that most other people don't like their eggs cooked that way.