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At Scatterplot, Shamus remarks in passing that some people have told him that blogging while untenured is a bad idea. In the comments, olderwoman says: The problem with blogging for untenured people is not what you say (unless it is so egregious it makes national news or something) but that it is a recreational activity. There are a fair number of academics — in my experience, mostly but not only men — who believe that single-minded devotion to career is everything when you are young.

At Scatterplot , Shamus remarks in passing that some people have told him that blogging while untenured is a bad idea. In the comments, olderwoman says: The problem with blogging for untenured people is not what you say (unless it is so egregious it makes national news or something) but that it is a recreational activity. There are a fair number of academics — in my experience, mostly but not only men — who believe that single-minded devotion to career is everything when you are young. You have time to blog? I work so hard I couldn't possibly fit that sort of frivolous nonsense into my day. Yo

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