Whew. This reminds me of a time I gave a job talk and one of the faculty casually asked me, “So what field are your parents in?” I did not understand the question.https://twitter.com/aaronclauset/status/1375116154553896965 …
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Sarah J. Jackson Retweeted Aaron Clauset
Whew. This reminds me of a time I gave a job talk and one of the faculty casually asked me, “So what field are your parents in?” I did not understand the question.https://twitter.com/aaronclauset/status/1375116154553896965 …
Sarah J. Jackson added,
A summary: pic.twitter.com/LniF2fILSVSeveral of my grad school colleagues had fathers with PhDs in the same field.
Yep. So many stories. I once shyly asked a scholar who was very successful at winning grants, and who I *thought* was like me, how she even knew which funders existed and she said, “both my parents won millions in grants so I guess they are just household names to me.” Oh.
Yes. This. Also the parents who read all their materials—apps, articles etc.
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