RE: A WASTE OF TIME?

[John Clavin <jclavin@microsoft.com>]

Darren Naish wrote:
>In other words, I do not get compensated for my research 
>time or for my writing time or for any time that I might spend doing 
>dinosaur research.


I can't make up my mind whether this is disingenuous, or simply naive.
Most people on this list will have a fair idea of how the academic world
works - sure you might not get rewarded for publishing papers now. But if
you don't publish, you won't get recognised, and you won't get a real
research job. Time and effort spent publishing at Grad student level is an
investment in the future. Kinda like serving an apprenticeship!
George's salient point is that he already has a job - he doesn't need to
impress anybody by getting his stuff into peer reviewed journals.
If you think you can launch an academic career by taking the same attitude,
then the very best of luck to you! In the long term I think you'll discover
you adopted the more difficult approach.


John





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