How much does HSF pay? Cowles Foundation?
MD to Harvard Society of Fellows
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I mean, it's basically just a super-postdoc, no?
No. As another poster has pointed out, HSF is not a normal postdoc. Having been a fellow at HSF is something people point to for the rest of the career. Plus, the society is cross-disciplines and the networking opportunities put one into another academic league entirely.
Another note - what is this affectation of saying "no" at the end of sentences? Sounds very pretentious. (Especially when coupled with ignorance.) -
No. As another poster has pointed out, HSF is not a normal postdoc. Having been a fellow at HSF is something people point to for the rest of the career. Plus, the society is cross-disciplines and the networking opportunities put one into another academic league entirely.
I didn't ask if it was a normal postdoc. I asked if it was a "super-postdoc." Which, apparently, it is.
Another note - what is this affectation of saying "no" at the end of sentences? Sounds very pretentious.
It's equivalent to turning a declarative statement into a question by appending "isn't it," only more compact.
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Since there are no other "super postdocs," if you want to define that term to mean the HFS, go at it. But the mechanics and prestige of this thing have very little in relation to the structure of the jobs we normally call postdocs. It strikes me as reasonably similar to saying that someone who is living off a MacArthur genius grant is just doing a "super postdoc."
No. As another poster has pointed out, HSF is not a normal postdoc. Having been a fellow at HSF is something people point to for the rest of the career. Plus, the society is cross-disciplines and the networking opportunities put one into another academic league entirely.
I didn't ask if it was a normal postdoc. I asked if it was a "super-postdoc." Which, apparently, it is.
Another note - what is this affectation of saying "no" at the end of sentences? Sounds very pretentious.
It's equivalent to turning a declarative statement into a question by appending "isn't it," only more compact. -
Since there are no other "super postdocs," if you want to define that term to mean the HFS, go at it. But the mechanics and prestige of this thing have very little in relation to the structure of the jobs we normally call postdocs. It strikes me as reasonably similar to saying that someone who is living off a MacArthur genius grant is just doing a "super postdoc."
Everybody who follows the news knows what a MacArthur grant is. Many people in general society know what a Rhodes or Fulbright are. I don't know of anybody outside academia who would know what a HSF position means.
I just can't imagine turning down a TT position at a top 20 department to do any sort of postgrad program, no matter how prestigious. But I suppose the only people who get HSF offers are the ones who know those jobs will be waiting for them when they finish.
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Another note - what is this affectation of saying "no" at the end of sentences? Sounds very pretentious. (Especially when coupled with ignorance.)
You ignorant. Ending with "..., no?" is a french thing.Spaniards and Italians also do it. So it is a "latin language thing".