Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!cica!ogre!greg From: greg@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: tenure track faculty position Keywords: humor, big joke Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 00:11:16 GMT References: <91168.172101FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu> <1991Jun20.040659.833@gtephx.UUCP> Sender: news@cica.indiana.edu (News System) Organization: Indiana University Lines: 39 Nntp-Posting-Host: ogre.cica.indiana.edu In <1991Jun20.040659.833@gtephx.UUCP> robertsw@gtephx.UUCP (Wild Rider) writes: >In article <91168.172101FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu> FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu >(Paul M. Mullins) writes: >> >>The available position is at the rank of Assistant Professor. Salary >>range is (up to) $39,000 for a nine-month academic appointment. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > shouldn't this be posted to rec.humor or submitted to > rec.humor.funny? i mean, seriously... a ph.d. in c.s. > working for "(up to) $39,000"? well, it sure made _me_ laugh! Please note that the job posted was for a nine-month appointment. $39,000 divided by nine and multiplied by twelve is $52,000. $13K a year is worth it to some people who like to travel and/or do things other than work for a living virtually every day of the year. And I bet the lucky applicant can count on two-three weeks off around Christmas/New Years in addition to the 90 days per year vacation in the summer. Sure, you're probably expected to do research during the other three months. But your boss won't be breathing down your neck every day. Personally I can read a lot of CS books and write a lot of abstracts while I sit on the beach in France. It's also for an Assistant Professor. Promotion to full professor would likely include a salary increase. It doesn't sound like such a bad gig to me. Youngstown's cost of living index isn't the highest in the world you know... greg -- Gregory Reed Travis C I C A Center for Innovative Computing Applications|greg@cica.indiana.edu (work) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 |frognix!greg@cica.indiana.edu (hm)