Comments on: What do you need?

By: Maartje

Maartje — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:43:49 +0000

Well, I think I’ll just add a resounding ‘me too!’ to all those suggestions.

By: Silvia

Silvia — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:41:20 +0000

I really have enjoyed your take on the pressures of “having a career” both in and out of academia. Why is a “career” considered to be so important?

Why is it so bad to aspire to simply have a paycheck and attempt to pursue interests in one’s free time?

Sorry about the back to back postings.

By: Silvia

Silvia — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:39:22 +0000

Is academia what I want or is it what I’ve been programmed to want?
How to cope with the feeling that THE BOOK will remain undone?
How to deconstruct and overcome the “loser” feeling that overcomes me when I meet academics who “made it”?

Good grief, I’m in real trouble!

By: Katherine V.R.

Katherine V.R. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:58:08 +0000

I could use some advice with…
…how to maintain motivation to finish the degree while in lapsed status.
…how to manage a dissertation committee that is not supportive.

By: Kristen K.

Kristen K. — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:30:22 +0000

I am definately looking for…
…ways to survive/finish grad school without giving up (too far in to leave now)
…surviving the demoralizing job search thing (in and out of academia)
…figuring out if leaving the ivory tower is the right thing or not
…figuring out if my feeling that I should leave is real or just a reaction to the hell that is dissertation-land
…how to market myself outside of academia

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:39:33 +0000

I could use…
…ways to make grad school less painful.
…support for finishing grad school even if I don’t know whether I’m staying in academia after I graduate.
…case studies of people’s processes in building a career they’re happy with (in or out of academia, or both).