Tuya

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

It’s been a year and half since I finished my PhD, and the friends that I have made are seriously the best thing that have ever happened to me. Theresa, Megan, Serena, Katie and Depy. Without your love and support, I could never last this long in my current journey.

[Jennifer Polk, PhD (she, her) @FromPhDtoLife]

This is an unpopular opinion in academia, but I believe it's okay to completely stop doing academic work once you're no longer paid to do it (directly or more indirectly).

You don't have to finish those papers.
You don't have to rework your dissertation into a book (!!).

You don't have to feel guilty about stopping. Right now.

Now, even if academia doesn't deserve your free labour, you might want to do a minimum amount to maintain professional relationships that matter to you.

Ideally, this work happened while you were still employed as a faculty member, postdoc, or researcher.

But I get it.

Remember: Do the MINIMUM to hand over any remaining work to your collaborators and then move on.

If you were wronged, though, take this as permission to allow other people to experience the consequences of their actions toward you.

Once you leave a job, your work is done.

Sure, you might be willing and able to answer a few QUICK questions in the week after, as a kind gesture to former colleagues, but after that, well, your consulting rate is $200/hour.

"Oh, but Jen, we do academic work on our own time because it is our ~passion~ in life."

. . . right. Okay.

Still no.

I will allow this if it is truly something you are doing for yourself, and you just happen to have the kind of personality that enjoys this kind of hobby. (Hey, the world is full of different kinds of lovable nerds.)

Or, perhaps your academic work is related to the career you're pursuing and it's worth you investing in this even without payment.

That's fine. I'll allow it. 😆

Just don't go on thinking you owe anyone else your labour without pay. You do not.

And don't go on thinking that "you owe it to yourself" is true unless it really actually is true for you.

Right?

Let me know what you think! Or what you did when this came up in your own life.

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[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@AlisonRoulstone Love the sunglasses

[Kinga Morsanyi @KMorsanyi]

Congratulations @AlisonRoulstone for an excellent first journal publication providing a detailed analysis of the performance of dyscalculic children on a curriculum-based maths test: https://t.co/Y2tyeShplx @LboroDME @JCBahnmueller @ceml_esrc

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@chrissy_rb @mjinglis @TheresaWege Thank you so much!!

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@MeganFoulkes_ Of course you ;)

[Victoria Simms @ProfVicSimms]

A beautiful talk by Rentuya Sa from @lborocmc on “what do mathematicians mean by mathematical beauty”. I know @ProfCTurner would have loved it! What a great quote to start with. Very interesting. @BSRLM_maths

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@ProfVicSimms @lborocmc @ProfCTurner @BSRLM_maths Thank you so much for your kind words! :)

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@alicemurphs @FennerTanswell @alicemurphs Thank you Alice! It was so great to meet you a few years ago in Cambridge. Hope you are keeping well. ☺️

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

Can any philosophers give me some good suggestions on papers about the aesthetic theory of ugliness? I have searched around but not sure which one is the most well-known theory in the aesthetic domain. I would be extremely grateful. 😊

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@Depy_Makri Go go go!!

[SpringerEthics @SpringerEthics]

#openaccess

Do Mathematicians Agree about Mathematical Beauty?

Rentuya Sa, Lara Alcock, Matthew Inglis & Fenner Stanley Tanswell

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

https://t.co/pGRff2nvc5

[Souradeep | সৌরদীপ 🍉 @chattospeaks]

Tfw you find a PhD position in UK that matches your profile but it requires you to pay the student visa and healthcare surcharge amounting to £2500. Is this the norm? :/ #AcademicTwitter #phdvoice @PhDVoice

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@Kent_Aesthetics This is so so exciting!!!!!

[Aesthetics Research @Kent_Aesthetics]

🌅🌇🌆
"Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight": new book by Hans Maes and Katrien Schaubroeck. Available from today!
https://t.co/sd32XzCCyw

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@doctorjamesfox Hi James, I have been a huge fan of your work and I actually received your book as my 18th Birthday present. Since then, I have been waiting for your two forthcoming books for a few years now, I hope I will get to read them one day. I wish you and your family all the best. :)

[Tuya @Tuya_Ren]

@TFrancome I wish the answer to aesthetics is this easy.