Thread by @erin_bartram, No amount of networking at in person conferencing will get you a [...]

Erin Bartram

erin_bartram

No amount of networking at in person conferencing will get you a job. Just so we& #39;re clear. Let& #39;s just be absolutely clear that this is another thing we& #39;re asking grad students and ECRs to spend a lot of money on to help support institutions that will not miss them.

Also could you even pretend, for a couple of minutes, to listen to and value the experiences of disabled colleagues. To consider the networking you& #39;re not able to do WITH THEM because you& #39;re making choices that exclude them.

One more thing: what this conversation has revealed is the way that conferences are a bandaid for a lot of other problems in academia. Many of you want the bandaid to come back. It probably will. You& #39;ll make it come back. But look at the wound while you& #39;re changing the dressing.

Many people on here basically said "Conferences are the only way I& #39;m allowed to take a vacation."

Can we all agree that& #39;s messed up? And maybe that& #39;s a thing we should address properly?

Also some grad students need to get over their libertarian mindset about networking. You& #39;re not going to wow a famous Kevin out of the blue in an elevator and get a job out of it years later. Most successful connections are partly because of networks you& #39;re already embedded in.

Most likely you& #39;re going to have an impromptu interaction with a senior scholar, be a bit overeager, feel embarrassed, and hope your nametag was turned around the whole time.

Or maybe I really didn& #39;t get a job bc of that awkward af interaction with Patricia Cline Cohen one time.

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