Rumor mill

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I recently heard that a friend of mine from grad school who was maybe four years behind me, who is due to defend her thesis this spring, who won a Hubble Fellowship, has been offered a tenure-track faculty position at one of the places I applied to (and was rejected from) this year.

I am such a loser.

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What he said...

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When I was interviewing for jobs, one place I looked was a local company doing really hard algorithms for really high-traffic searches. I learned that a colleague from grad school was also interviewing for the same position.

He got the offer and took the job. If I were in their position, I would've hired him over me as well. He's just vastly better than everybody else.

That said, he's since moved on to other things. And of course if I'd taken that job I wouldn't be working on Fortress today. It'll be water under the bridge.

But I wish I were better at actually doing my best. :-)

-Jan

Re: What he said...

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But I wish I were better at actually doing my best.

That's part of my problem, too!