alt Hacker NewsIs it not an option to make academia more like a normal job, where people focus on collectively achieved outcomes rather than credit, priority etc.?
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edgyquant • today at 7:52 PM
How is that like a normal job?
Is it not an option to make academia more like a normal job, where people focus on collectively achieved outcomes rather than credit, priority etc.?
How is that like a normal job?
Almost every "normal" job has regular performance reviews where individual contributions, not collective outcomes, are reviewed and used as a sole input for raises, promotions, and firings. If you can't sufficiently document what you personally did, you might've as well not done anything at all.