i explained to my mom at the age of 23 that hard work and dedication were not likely to be a contributing factor to success my career and that i was better fit for life as a gentleman scientisthttps://twitter.com/k8_lister/status/1418903705525657601 …
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this came after two other formative events in my life
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the first was on a bus ride up to duluth i looked out over the rolling prairie and suddenly though to myself. "why work for the man when you could be. the man" longterm i did not actually manage this but i did add an economics major to my degree when i got back to my apartment
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the second was reading this piece in which
@PhilipGreenspun laid out why an academic science career is typically a terrible idea not just for women but for everyone this inspired me to be incredibly mercenary about how i approached graduate school https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science …9 replies 2 retweets 87 likesShow this thread -
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