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Is the professor tenure-track or adjunct? It makes a big difference. Also, professor's jobs generally never have anything to do with fund-raising. A tenured professor will have 3 concerns: teaching, publishing and community service. An adjunct will only be required to teach. Anything else would be exceptional to the role.

Let your close contacts know you're looking, and what specifically you're looking for. The more specific, the better. Start networking and looking through contacts that may not be very close, but are in the industry you want to work within. See if there any people that may be able to help there, and reach out. Update your resume, and when applying, customize it for every application, and send a brief cover letter. It may not be read, but it shows you're taking the application process seriously, and some hiring managers expect one. It doesn't need to be, nor should be, in depth. Set up job alerts on Google job search, Ziprecruiter, Indeed, and look on company websites for any specific companies you'd like to work for. Go on LinkedIn and see who the hiring managers are and reach out to them, but don't be pushy. Just see if it might be appropriate to let them know you're available to talk. Update your LinkedIn profile, and make sure you're available for recruiters to search your profile, keeping in mind search terms/keywords/hashtags to be found for. Twitter is also a good place to mine for leads and contacts. Be persistent and determined. There are a lot of jobs out there, but the best ones require you to be competitive. Always send thank-you notes/emails, and follow up when needed. A lot of times hiring managers will let emails sink out of sight or get distracted. Keep the ball rolling.

Nothing is "no-cost." Something must be given up by someone.

"If I had kids, I'd become a parent, and parents, as I'd known since I was a kid, were uncool."

If you're still thinking that way, you're still a kid.

It's hard to imagine what this gesture is meant to solve. Political ads are far more innocuous that the everyday posts of its users, which divide, cement and sway people's opinions and thoughts much more forcefully. I'm not saying ban those, but just saying you're not going to run ads, when that's the least of any problem's solution, is kind of superficial.

As the parent of a four-year-old, I'm especially aware of what's happening among parents and children. And as a 50-year old, I've seen several generations grow up. What this situation involves is: pay now, or pay later. Doing everything you can and giving your child 100% when they're young and growing and learning is the time to teach them to be independent and confident. Not when they're 20+ years old. It's too late; you missed the train. And what parents say they do vs. what they do in reality is quite different. I watch it at playgrounds, kids' events, and each time I go with my daughter to a place with a lot of kids and their parents. The parents likely are looking at their phones or talking to one another, taking a "break" from parenting. I see parents bring their little kids to playgrounds, and they'll stay in their cars, and let the kids go run around with the playground and want me to push them in the swings and play with them, because their parents are in the car on their phone, smoking weed, listening to music, or just "taking a break." I see it all the time. And if that's the encouragement and attention they're giving them in public, it's likely even less back at home. But when they grow up to be helpless and have no coping skills and all the rest of the many characteristics that need to be instilled into a human to be a successfull adult, they scratch their heads and ask "what went wrong?" And usually try ot find fault with society, government, or some external factor that's responsible. They blew it.

Since when is it part of a scientist's job to "get people to worry?" That's contradictory to what scientists do, which is to be unbiased observers who deal with facts and theory. Not political and cultural activism.

"Centuries ago, if you could live comfortably (not amazingly, but not be in the street), just by showering a few old people and cleaning up poo, you'd have people lining up round the block to do it."

I'm not sure you'd need to go back centuries. There were times in the 1900's that was the case. And in some countries, other that the USA, it still is.

Those big companies may not have gotten there first but they moved the quickest to buy the companies that did. That's how many not-so-big companies became "those big companies."

I've tried to download and install Catalina 5 times now and every time it errors out and stops with no explanation.

Scoundrels are scoundrels. Politicians will also cheat in office who cheat on their spouses, it's been clearly demonstrated. I'm not even sure why a study was needed to confirm this behavior that's been observed in broad daylight for centuries.

That is not a common thing in workplaces. Interrupting someone who's speaking is rude, plain and simple, in any context. People that talk over each other, to be blunt, have no manners. Are the discussions important to your work, or just social though? If work-related, they need to be managed in a setting where everyone has the chance to speak and be heard. I would discuss this with your manager if it's work-related, and hopefully he/she can provide an environment that's managed and not chaotic babble going back and forth. Also, there are books and resources that might help you be more assertive and confident in situations where you have to jockey for attention. There aren't many times that happens, but in competitive business, it does happen. Everyone is looking out for #1. I'd add that people that interject all the time are poor listeners, which is a problem in business(and life). If all they're doing is thinking about the next thing they're going to say to the point they can't even hold it in, then they certainly aren't paying due attention to whoever is speaking and the topic and giving it diligent consideration.