#Rejections

Damn. @NZGreens will be losing my vote if they continue with this straw ban rubbish. I have voted Green every election, supported campaigns & consider many Greens my friends.But this
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Twitter might seem like a not-so-kind place especially if you are a young student who just had your paper rejected by #NeurIPS2020. You might be seeing all your peers/professors talking
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Facebook (ugh) reminded me that seven years ago today, I went to my first book signing. I, embarrassingly, didn’t know it was a thing, but I saw that one of
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A THREAD: It’s disorienting, the way historically white-staffed media outlets & white editors have overnight developed this thirst for Black writers, esp. those whose pitches and work have always centered
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Been a while since I did a thread on anything, so since I’ve recently come out of the trenches… let’s talk about QUERYING.Disclaimer: This thread is based on my personal
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currently running a 300 person study on prolific which involved a screening survey (and attention check) filtered on workers who have a 98% approval rate or higher. how is it
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.dear DFIs/ sme dev agencies, look at the Decline "box" containing failed applications from startup/ small business entrepreneurs. It's time you purposely design & run investment readiness programs. .gone are
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I'm about to submit two papers in the next few weeks, probably four by end of semester. Given acceptance rates below 5%, while I think each paper should have a
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If you were praised as “gifted” as a kid—especially academically—you’ve likely developed a habit of abandoning tasks and projects you don’t succeed at “naturally,” thus cultivating a complex where even
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Not constantly writing job applications? Here's a little thread about why I have incredibly low standards for people who interact with job applicants. For the record, in this particular instance,
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Do you have what it takes to succeed?6 questions to test you.// THREAD // 1. Are you disciplined? Be prepared to work on the weekends.Be prepared to work after your
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What’s worse than agent rejections? Agent silence! I’ve shared a lot of good news lately so today I’m going to tell you about my first agent ghosting & why I
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It is not lost on me that yesterday, an hour after I launched @_apmmap, another APM launched http://Ranks.fyi  I wanted to unpack why, with APM Map & http://Ranks.fyi , we are
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Such a great thread! Would encourage PhDs and ECRs everywhere to read, not just in Africa... (Some more thoughts below)https://twitter.com/PhDinAfrica/status/1283388325747929095 I love what they say about quality over quantity. Even
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Who holds the power in your decision making? You? Or someone else?I've been mentioning this often of late, as there has been a growing shift in the questions from young
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Starting what I hope to be a regular thread, inspired by a recent exchange with @meghan_mcgrady concerning experiences with rejection in the academy. #facultyfailtale 1/ We hear from others-and we
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