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PSJR has caused net damage to the profession
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Not quite right. A better way of putting is: PSJR has brought into the open the not-so-nice people and aspects of the discipline. Btw, these things are not unique to Pol Sci (Econ is just as bad if not worse).
Is bringing the trash out into the open a net damage? Or is it a net benefit? I would say it is a benefit b/c you are not living in some sort of "happy land." This is a discipline filled with angry and insecure people and the bad job market only makes it worse. It is better to know how bad things can get through an anonymous job board so you are better prepared for it when it happens in person. Helps to build that thick skin needed for academic survival.
Just a thought.
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Try to post these threads in the proper forum.
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I was surprised how many people are familiar with it. At ISA whenever it came up in discussions among my friends, mostly junior Associate profs and some Assistants, fully 75% of the people were familiar with it. Quite a few very familiar, and these were people not on the market recently. I'd figured I was one of the very few middle-aged, not-on-the-market people who waste valuable time looking at PSJR, but apparently it's a more common guilty pleasure than I realized.
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Just to riff on anon's post, I think that it's relatively easy for a very small number of people in an anonymous/pseudonymous forum to create a very poisonous atmosphere even if 95-98% of the participants are not "angry" or "insecure."
Now, at least for my own sake, I am both angry and insecure, but taking it out on other people who aren't responsible for those feelings doesn't seem like a very productive use of my time.
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This is a no-brainer. The answer is: no, it hasn't. Even though people are sometimes mean and uncharitable and some idiots post racist slurs, most of the info on here is actually pretty helpful. It is good to have your views of journals or departments confirmed or modified by others in the profession, especially when you know that half the people reading and posting on this are actually mid-career people with some experience and knowledge of the field, not just snowflake ABDs with a grudge.
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I recently interviewed at a place that actually asked me about PSJR, whether I read it, and what I thought about it. I wasn't prepared for that question, which seemed very odd.
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That place was probably UC Merced or Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Nope, it was neither of those places. In fact, it was a place I don't think has ever even been mentioned here.
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>> fully 75% of the people were familiar with it.
And the other 25% were lying.
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"Rochester Institute of Technology."
Um did you mean University of Rochester?
Dumbass.
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RIT seems more accurate.
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^ Asked you about PSJR? Wow. Did you have any sense if they were asking because they would be horrified to hire someone who posts there? Or more like they were looking for mojoto recipes or maybe hinting that you shouldn't wear khakis next time?
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No. My nets are fine.
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The person who asked about PSJR during interview was a prof with a JD degree. I never was sure why I was asked, or if my answers hurt/helped me.
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Yikes.
Posted 2 years ago #