Think back to the time when you first decided you wanted to be a professor. What did you imagine it would be like?
Hours in the lab or library finding either new cutting-edge or ancient discoveries?
Drawing new conclusions from apparently tired out data?
Teaching starry-eyed students waiting to hear wisdom pour forth like a refreshing mountain stream from your mouth?
Shaping the careers of future scholars in your research group like fresh clay in the hands of a master potter?
Writing monographs that revolutionize your field, drawing accolades from your academic idols?
Sitting in a richly furnished study talking over deep things with colleagues that have become close friends?
Yeah, me too.
