tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post4811079838680468157..comments2024-03-28T04:15:44.459-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: This is just silly.Douglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-90384976906844650602007-07-14T18:27:00.000-05:002007-07-14T18:27:00.000-05:00Doug, I got that email too, and deleted it without...Doug, I got that email too, and deleted it without reading it, along with all those damned Bird Flu Summit emails. Why do they think I care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-92012582679930231072007-07-13T21:06:00.000-05:002007-07-13T21:06:00.000-05:00As someone who was born on the tail end of Gen X, ...As someone who was born on the tail end of Gen X, almost like Gen Y, I agree with you completely.<BR/><BR/>Dual-career couple are much more common nowadays, and this is why dual-career-friendly departments can snatch some good people away from more presitigious departments. <BR/><BR/>Tenure and prestige is still as important as ever to younger people. <BR/><BR/>But solving two-body problem is yet another variable. I know a couple where both husband and wife both interviewed at 4-5 top-40 departments and got each multiple offers, just not at the same place. In the end they went to a unranked small department, because this was the best place that made them both an offer.<BR/><BR/>Having friendly environment and collegiate colleagues is important to me, but it's something that is nearly impossible to figure out during a short interview. One place I interviewed at rubbed me a bit the wrong way, but in retrospect it was due to head of department acting like a self-adsorbed, egotistic jerk, and another faculty member being a bit weird. I wouldn't be surprised if it's all within error bar as most science department have weird people.<BR/><BR/>Two-body job opportunities, prestige/quality of department, quality of life (geography, lifestyle) are all important, in that order.NONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714684038171784902noreply@blogger.com