tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post7765351053795388627..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: An honest day's workSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-87203073112755115872016-03-17T14:31:11.206-07:002016-03-17T14:31:11.206-07:00The sky is falling!
Pigs re flying!
Hell has froze...The sky is falling!<br />Pigs re flying!<br />Hell has frozen over!<br /><br />All because of Ramesh's comment: "I completely agree with the good Prof."<br /><br />Muahahahaha ;)Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-49916725568051087712016-03-17T08:29:50.125-07:002016-03-17T08:29:50.125-07:00For once, just for once, I completely agree with t...For once, just for once, I completely agree with the good Prof. Career academicians who do not have a rounded experience make poor career counsellors, specially in specific fields. But they can be good advisers on how to think through options, the way you do.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-73118161001160814802016-03-17T07:01:33.182-07:002016-03-17T07:01:33.182-07:00"save the ability to think" ... uh, hell..."save the ability to think" ... uh, hello, that is the most important part of higher education and you bury that point? tsk, tsk, tsk ... <br />You will be amazed (well, after having read enough posts here, you should not) at how much the internal discussions in universities like mine are influenced by the faculty and administrators' arguments on where the jobs will be--and none is even a labor economist who specializes in reading those tea leaves!Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-82542600419704068802016-03-16T21:52:37.485-07:002016-03-16T21:52:37.485-07:00Why would students ask a professor for career advi...Why would students ask a professor for career advice? It is a bad idea for exactly the reasons you state. I wouldn't ask a doctor for career advice on being an office manager. The students should ask those who work in their desired field. <br /><br />Of course, that requires the students have a clue what they want to do and what they do well. Some people haven't a clue, even in their 40s. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my history major so took a job in sales for one of Ramesh's competitors. Not a good fit. Raising kids was the right fit, but no professor would advise that. When I needed a job five years ago, I ended up on a farm. Definitely the right fit, but it could never have been advised when I was a senior in college. Nothing I have done is connected to my history degree, save the ability to think, so how could a history professor advise? Curious practice.Anne in Salemnoreply@blogger.com