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markchangon Rejection Letters for a faculty position

Times have definitely changed. Along with each application (at least most of them), since they were mailed in (yes, physical form), I got an acknowledgment letter back along with an equal opportunity employment demographic postcard to fill out.

My wife went through this same process last year. Not one single rejection letter.

Times have changed.

markchangon Rejection Letters for a faculty position

Not at all. But then again, I'm not huge into titles. I also didn't defend until June, so it was technically correct.

markchangon Rejection Letters for a faculty position

One of the reasons I posted the letters was because I'd not seen a big set of rejection letters anywhere before. In fact, I hadn't actually looked at the mass of them together before myself.

You are right. I didn't outline the reasons why I posted this very explicitly. I hoped that people would form their own opinions about these things, honestly. One reason, for myself, was that I found myself reflecting on failure, persistence, bad job application strategies, etc., and just marveling at the mass of it all there in one spot, all looking rather similar.

The feeling of rejection is one that we all share, and I thought I could connect with people by posting these letters.

Anyways, normal rates, yes. Special post? Guess not. I felt it was worth sharing.

markchangon Rejection Letters for a faculty position

That pub has a brilliant idea!

markchangon Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers

Hipster CEO also apologizes for address-book-gate :).

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/08/hipster-ceo-also-apologizes...

markchangon Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers

I only meant that it wouldn't improve the lives of the vast majority of iPhone users. No complaints about jailbreaking from me! :)

markchangon Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers

Right. Kik did it without having an opt-out. At least Instagram does it after you tell it to. Path and Hipster? They just do it. Hipster, to a lesser degree.

markchangon Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers

Cool. Too bad about the jailbreak requirement :).

Hipster doesn't leak as much information, but it is almost just as persistent. You can uncheck the "Contacts" button when you enter that preference, but only after the app sends your data. Also, if you come back to the screen, it reverts to checked. They are really filter buttons, and not stateful, apparently.

But yes, it doesn't happen every time.