Doubt

And, lo, it was fated that not long after our hero began his new journey that doubt crept in. Like a thief in the night. Like a boorish party crasher. Like a bug in your bed sheets.

Having wandered through a couple of get-togethers in the past few weeks, listening to people name drop and conference-check, I began to wonder whether I'm about to be out of my research depth. Four years on a 4/4 didn't exactly do wonders for my knowledge of the field. Over the course of the term so far, I've been read by colleagues as working in at least three different areas - all close to theirs - none of which are the areas I actually work in.

This is what I love about academia - no matter how good things are going, you can always find a reason to believe you're there on a loophole.

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Anonymous said...

Yes. Absolutely. Couldn't have you believing that you were good enough for the job for which you were just hired. Couldn't let you go gettin' all confident or some such.

This profession will keep you running, that's for sure.

September 13, 2009 at 8:59 AM