'Fellow student' is missing the point entirely, and potentially a donkey. PhDs are for learning things, a protected time for skill development. If you already knew how to do it quickly, it'd be potentially a lot less valuable. The process is more important than the outcome.https://twitter.com/xiaofei_lin/status/1130995517771505665 …
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Additional: job ads for ECRs DON'T EVER say 'must have published X things in Y journals". They say "must have published good stuff somewhere or whatever I guess", and then go on to list a *FORENSICALLY ACCURATE LIST OF NECESSARY SKILLS*.
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Even just looking at the postdocs I know, most of them have switched entire fields at one point or another because, crazy thought, skills are transferable even if field-specific knowledge isn't
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That said, having (over)heard discussions about the hiring process of professorships over the past 7 years, the common sentiment does seem to be that publication lists are used as a first filter. Publications seem to be a factor that get you an interview.
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Professors aren't postdocs.
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