Choose Your Own Adventure: Developing A Values-Oriented Framework for Your Career
Physics Education2018-05-28v1Cosmology and Nongalactic AstrophysicsEarth and Planetary AstrophysicsAstrophysics of GalaxiesHigh Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaSolar and Stellar Astrophysics
We've all heard how academia evaluates our work: papers, papers, and... more papers. While academic publishing is an essential part of disseminating research results, it is only one activity amongst many that make up a career (or for that matter, a life). The following essay is based on an invited talk for the NSF AAPF Symposium, given at the 2018 Winter AAS Meeting. Here, as in the original talk, I offer some practical advice for thinking about one's work within the larger frame of your personal values and goals. While I will draw examples from my own career, I hope to offer readers guidance in articulating what is important to them, aligning their career choices with those values, and establishing metrics that go beyond the h-index.
@article{arxiv.1805.09963,
title = {Choose Your Own Adventure: Developing A Values-Oriented Framework for Your Career},
author = {Lucianne M. Walkowicz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.09963},
year = {2018}
}
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Essay based on a talk given at the 2018 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium