Okay kids, it's time for multiple choice fun! Here's the question. Suppose you read a comment in a blog comment thread, and you thi...
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The advice to prospective grad students floating around a bit ago is worth paying attention to. You need to know what you’re getting into w...
Sunday Comics
After much deliberation, this week's comic remains without a title (and also without [blatant, or otherwise] copyright infringement). Th...
But Baby I Don't Intend to Leave Empty-Handed
In the Chronicle , here's a prof talking about civilians' perceptions of what academics do, and academics' perceptions of getti...
The Blueprint Vol. 3
In figuring out what we should be doing now, publishing and going to conferences were the obvious things to do. Only slightly less obvious,...
Everywhere You Look You Only See Red
I just got the rejection from the last postdoc I really wanted. Not the last application I have out there, but the last one for something I...
Sunday Comics
I was told by my attorney that I can't be sued if it's an homage. So, if you never hear from me again, or from Team PJMB after today...
GO TO CLASS
Recently "the ethicist" commented on whether it's ok for a professor to take videos of his 8:00a lectures offline to get stu...
Eupec Indonesia
PT. EUPEC INDONESIA, a subsidiary of Korindo Group, is a pipe coating company for oil and gas industry. Currently we are looking for qualif...
You Make Me Feel Like, Feel Like Saying. . . Foxy
Trolling through the Chronicle forums, I came across someone worried about some crappy Rate My Professor comments, and how the comments c...
Sometimes You're the Windshield, Sometimes You're the Bug
Okay, so one of my office mates got an awesome PFO today. It went beyond ink-on-paper expression of passive voice bullshit. It was an ava...
Your third drink will lead you astray
With the insight provided by the PJMB about my academic job prospects, I visited the APA’s site on non-academic jobs. Much to my surprise ...
I'm feeling kinda thirsty
Troubling news is spreading. I may have been going about my dissertation all wrong. The New York Times is reporting on some new 'resea...
Akhtaboot - The Unemployment Eater
Akhtaboot today launched the first video version of its popular radio advertisement. This marks the first of many video appearances of Mr. A...
Maintenance Supervisor - Cameron USA
PT. Karti Yasa Sarana that representing Cameron (USA Company), the leading worldwide oil wellhead manufacturer is looking for skilled and qu...
QC Supervisor – Superintendent
PT. Tomoe Valve Batam, we are Japanese company located in Latrade Industrial Park Tanjung Uncang, looking for highly motivated employee for ...
Personal (HR) Officer – Executive
PT. Tomoe Valve Batam, we are Japanese company located in Latrade Industrial Park Tanjung Uncang, looking for highly motivated employee for ...
CNC Programmer
PT. Tomoe Valve Batam, we are Japanese company located in Latrade Industrial Park Tanjung Uncang, looking for highly motivated employee for ...
Murderers You're Murderers, We Are Not the Same as You
Oh my god, this piece in the Chronicle is pure gold. It's by someone who spent fifteen years working on HR-related crap, writing book...
Sunday Comics
"Spring Break!!!" Drawn by Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator, with a credit for the idea to his GF, the Ambivalent Psychbot. I don...
Spring Break!!!
It’s taken a few years, but I think that now I can officially say I’m becoming part of the academy. As we approach that magic time of year t...
I Mean the Game of Going Insane
In comments , Anon. 5:14's talking about the howling fantods: I'm (happily but stressfully) in the middle of my tenure evaluation, a...
I Want to Tear it All Down and Build it Up Again
The worst part of this is something I don't have a word for. It's a kind of frustration, I guess. It feels like paralysis, as if I...
Sunday Comics
No, it's not Sunday. What's your point? Here's an untitled effort from Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator. (Click to make it big.)
I Know What it's Like to Have Failed, Baby
The Professor means well, but the advice he's giving just makes me feel even more like a loser than I already do. Ever since it's b...
Hello World
Second Suitor, folks. --PGS Teaching introduction to philosophy one day seems like it’s going to be fun. I mean you get to convince a lot o...
What's the Use in Trying, When Nothing's Going Right
I am spitting fucking mad right now. I can't believe how fast I get spitting fucking mad as soon as I start dealing with more fucking j...
Twenty Million Other White Rappers Emerge
In case someone hasn't seen this yet, it turns out that white people like graduate school! After acquiring a Masters Degree that will n...
Eupec Indonesia: Welder & Nurse
PT. EUPEC INDONESIA, a Korindo company, is currently looking for qualified personnel for the following positions: WELDER · A certified pipe-...
Time Can never Mend the Careless Whispers of a Good Friend
Via Yglesias , it looks like John McCain thinks students should be "at the center" of their education. Student-centered educatio...
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
More from my boy Second Suitor. --PGS So it seems these days more and more graduate students hopping on the bandwagon and creating their own...
I'd Like to Shake Your Hand, Disappointment
I've mentioned befor e how discouraging it is to be doing spring applications. I keep thinking about how my senior profs talk about one...
Oracle Application Database Consultant & Design Engineer
Tunaskarya Indoswasta, Our client, various multinational companies is looking for qualified candidates to fill the following positions: Orac...
PerkinElmer: Planning Officer (PLO) & QA Engineer
PerkinElmer Inc. is a US$ 1.5 billion high technology international organization operating two businesses – Optoelectronics and Life & A...
Production Casting Manager
We are a fast growing company located in Batam invites suitable qualified induviduals to joint our Company as: Production Casting Manager Re...
Mining Engineer
PT. Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku, an established Coal Mining Company which engaged in the exploration and production of Coal mine project Located...
HR Manager
As one of the largest apparel manufacturers in Asia, we are seeking high caliber candidates to join our esteemed company. Selected candidate...
Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore
In 2005, the National University of Singapore (NUS) signed an agreement with America’s Duke University (Duke), to establish the Duke-NUS Gra...
Sunday Comics
This week's comic from Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator is untitled, but it speaks for itself. (Click to make it big.)
You Load Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?
Let me tell you about an observation I've made over the past couple of days. I've been back into my dissertation, and I had one goo...
Your First Day at Work
Have you uploaded your CV on Akhtaboot yet? If you did, then chances are that you have already landed your dream job. Congratulations. Let t...
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