tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post3760336629642637705..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Post-Doc Culture and Computer ScienceAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-41506204337226423942011-02-11T21:24:13.109+05:302011-02-11T21:24:13.109+05:30As a Computer Scientist and a Director responsible...As a Computer Scientist and a Director responsible for hiring, I look at someone who is doing a post doc in CS as someone not good enough to get a faculty position directly after a PhD. If I had my way, the same norm will apply in all disciplines. Alas, the experts who come for selections are "tuned" otherwise. Most of the time I have observed that the post doc work is not connected to the candidate's PhD work and he / she is unlikely to work in the area after the post doc is over.<br />Gautam Barua, IIT Guwahatigautam baruahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395342178251076987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-65769101903994593082011-02-09T09:04:11.782+05:302011-02-09T09:04:11.782+05:30@Swarup: Yes, those positions (and also the resear...@Swarup: Yes, those positions (and also the research assistant professorships) are not a bad deal at all; the name indicates that the position comes with some freedom and a decent pay.<br /><br />I think much of the anguish about post-docs will go away if they get a decent salary -- say, 70-80 percent of what an assistant professor makes. Right now, the salaries are abysmal; "Postdocs are glorified free labor for PIs, " as Suresh puts it.Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-73093339555736832552011-02-09T02:52:35.032+05:302011-02-09T02:52:35.032+05:30I agree with the above points and wonder whether t...I agree with the above points and wonder whether the problem comes from producing too many Ph.D's. I some US universities, there are the so called prestigious assistant professorships of 3 years extendable to six years which seem to serve the same purpose.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.com