{"id":1584,"date":"2022-08-06T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fecundity.com\/nfw\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2022-08-06T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T20:01:01","slug":"presumptuous-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fecundity.com\/nfw\/2022\/08\/06\/presumptuous-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Presumptuous invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It feels a bit cringe to think in terms of professional networking<\/em>, but a few recent posts have me thinking about the personal and professional connections that maintain philosophical life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TL;DR: 1. I should be better about keeping in touch and attending on-line events. 2. If you feel like you’d benefit from being in touch with me, feel free to reach out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The first prompt was John Quiggin blogging<\/a> about how to get the benefits of in-person conferences without expensive and environmentally-irresponsible travel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s much more socially acceptable to chat to a more senior colleague at a conference where you are both presenting than to cold-call them with an unsolicited email. But social conventions aren\u2019t set in stone. As the social cost of in-person conferences goes up, and the benefits (relative to remote presentations) decline, it\u2019s time to think about alternative ways of delivering those benefits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The second was Oliver M\u00fcller tweeting<\/a> about what he learned from some time outside academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one surprised me most: getting to know people is much more important than I had ever imagined. I set up meetings with people I didn’t know in the org every week to get to know them. Half an hour chats are so valuable to establishing networks I highly recommend doing that in research as well. Seen a research paper? Why not send the team a mail to ask for a quick chat? The worst thing they can say is no.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This reminds me of the on-line talks I meant to attend in July but didn’t. I should be better about attending things (because it’s almost always worth the time when I do) and keeping in touch (because there are connections which have fallen through mostly because of my distraction).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, Quiggin’s point about junior scholars made me realize that’s not me anymore. Both in terms of prior output and in terms of time served\u2014 for better or for worse\u2014 I’m a senior scholar. That leads me to make this presumptuous invitation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please reach out. I’m happy to swap a few e-mails, meet via Zoom, or whatever.<\/em><\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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