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I always find it problematic when early-career scholar is used synonymously with TT. It suggests a uniform trajectory that does not fit many of us. My first scholarly article was published in 2002, but I did not get a TT position in the US until 2017 when I was in my mid-40's.

Yes, my career was similar.

Thanks for the solidarity. Whenever people refer to me as early career, I'm like "hey, I've done this for 20 years already." I've done many different things than my tenured colleagues, but that's life as an adjunct.

I received an early career award from AUPresses at age 41 which made sense given my newness to UP employment though my career across industries was by no means early. I assume the term "early career" is supposed to help avoid ageism BUT it has its own pitfalls wrt "careers."

I see a lot of people identify their careers with industries--e.g. I had a career in this but left & now I have a career in this. I tend to think of my career as the sum of things I've done across industries. But the ideal of a "career" also obscures the reality/politics of work.