January 28, 2000
The Sorry Plight of the Successful Job Candidate
During the hiring process for my new job as an associate professor at a private university in Florida, never did anyone say to me: "Once you get here you'll have to decide which group of faculty members you'll eat lunch with. You'll have to decide which ones you'll occasionally hang out with, which ones you'll shoot darts with, and which ones you'll actually invite to your house.
"In addition to teaching for us, you'll have to defend -- on a daily basis -- the
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