July 14, 2008
Your First Real Taste of Academic Culture
No better preparation for the tenure track exists than a graduate assistantship; here's how to make the most of it
You have just been assigned as a research assistant to the lab of Dr. Miles Gloriosus. He is a world-renowned scientist, reputedly on the shortlist for a Nobel Prize. You are very lucky — or so you are told — to be part of his "elite" team. Past assistants have gone on to prestigious postdocs and then to tenure-track jobs in the Ivy
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