Karen A. and William S. Monfre Professor in Business @UWBusiness @UWMadison / Info Syst Res AE / When I procrastinate, I joke about why I procrastinate.
After picking up my son from a coding class,
Me : When you're in high school, you could get a part-time job here and teach kids coding.
Him : Okay
Me : You will learn how hard my job is.
Him : But you don't teach crying, screaming kids.
Me : I am teaching crying, screaming kids.
Dear #JobMarket candidates, remember it is a horizontally differentiated market. If you didn’t get a job from a particular place, it’s because they did not see a fit with you.
To understand this, remember last time you said to your date “I don’t see a chemistry between us.”
Just explained the Continental Divide to my 11-year old son in a way that he can understand
"If you pee to one direction, it goes to one ocean. If you pee to the other direction, it goes to another ocean."
I recently met my advisor from Michigan at a conference, and I feel he and I are close friends to each other.
I also met my doctoral students from Temple at the conference, and I feel we are good friends. But I don't know if they feel the same way.