Posted by llrrrpp on June 17, 2006, at 16:57:58
In reply to Re: Had a crisis at work - I'm with you, posted by madeline on June 17, 2006, at 11:13:39
you're right Maddie. It's important to be discreet, because there are a lot of politics involved in academia (as in most professions). I haven't told many people, and she's the only faculty that I've told. She and I are coauthoring a paper right now. It's gotten to the point where she either thinks I'm
1) stupid
2) don't care
3) crazywell, I prefer that she think 3. Because I do care about this project, and I think I've contributed a lot of ideas to the project (ruling out 1.) And at least option 3 seems somewhat temporary. She's been a wonderful advocate for me this spring -- probably a main reason why I got a dissertation fellowship for next year, and I know that she likes my work a lot.
Nevertheless, she's not the kind of person who's office I would got to regularaly and tell her my sob stories. I prefer to keep work and personal separate where possible.
Good advice- I have to remember to be discreet even when my guard is down.
-ll
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