It is very cool to be here at UBC giving the colloquium talk and meeting with profs and students!
-
It is very cool to be here at UBC giving the colloquium talk and meeting with profs and students! Especially because I was on the other side of that ~15 years ago as a PhD student.
The impostor syndrome is going to be intense today... I keep reminding myself of a quote from Alie Ward on Ologies: impostor syndrome is a result of a space not being built for you.
UBC physics department, I am here to share my knowledge and I am a tenured professor now! So there.
#ProfSamLectureTour -
It is very cool to be here at UBC giving the colloquium talk and meeting with profs and students! Especially because I was on the other side of that ~15 years ago as a PhD student.
The impostor syndrome is going to be intense today... I keep reminding myself of a quote from Alie Ward on Ologies: impostor syndrome is a result of a space not being built for you.
UBC physics department, I am here to share my knowledge and I am a tenured professor now! So there.
#ProfSamLectureTour(I should add that as far as physics departments go, UBC is actually pretty good and appears to have gotten even better since I was a student here. But the bar is low, and academia in general is a tough space to fit into except for an extremely small subset of the population who are very overrepresented in physics departments. So, hello, impostor syndrome!)
-
It is very cool to be here at UBC giving the colloquium talk and meeting with profs and students! Especially because I was on the other side of that ~15 years ago as a PhD student.
The impostor syndrome is going to be intense today... I keep reminding myself of a quote from Alie Ward on Ologies: impostor syndrome is a result of a space not being built for you.
UBC physics department, I am here to share my knowledge and I am a tenured professor now! So there.
#ProfSamLectureTour@sundogplanets
Hey, Sam, you've got this!!!also I hope if the dept and community has changed since you were there as a student, that you get to feel welcome. And if it hasn't , that you show ppl looking for their place that they are welcome in the field.
(UBC is my alma mater too-- not physics tho)
-
@sundogplanets
Hey, Sam, you've got this!!!also I hope if the dept and community has changed since you were there as a student, that you get to feel welcome. And if it hasn't , that you show ppl looking for their place that they are welcome in the field.
(UBC is my alma mater too-- not physics tho)
@cyberlyra Thank you for this note!! I really appreciate it.
-
(I should add that as far as physics departments go, UBC is actually pretty good and appears to have gotten even better since I was a student here. But the bar is low, and academia in general is a tough space to fit into except for an extremely small subset of the population who are very overrepresented in physics departments. So, hello, impostor syndrome!)
Speaking of impostor syndrome, maybe agreeing to do an interview on Artemis 2 (which I don't actually know much about) for a local Sask radio station before I've even left my hotel room to get breakfast (or caffeine!!) was not a great idea...
-
Speaking of impostor syndrome, maybe agreeing to do an interview on Artemis 2 (which I don't actually know much about) for a local Sask radio station before I've even left my hotel room to get breakfast (or caffeine!!) was not a great idea...
@sundogplanets First rule of news interviews: If they say you're an expert, you're an expert.
-
Speaking of impostor syndrome, maybe agreeing to do an interview on Artemis 2 (which I don't actually know much about) for a local Sask radio station before I've even left my hotel room to get breakfast (or caffeine!!) was not a great idea...
no problem. In German we have a phrase for this:
Mut zur Lücke!
which can be translated as "courage to leave gaps" - matches perfect to impostor syndrome
-
Speaking of impostor syndrome, maybe agreeing to do an interview on Artemis 2 (which I don't actually know much about) for a local Sask radio station before I've even left my hotel room to get breakfast (or caffeine!!) was not a great idea...
There are subjects I've studied where I think "omg I don't understand this!". But I still know that my ignorance entails more knowledge than most people have, so it's probably worth it to share what I have if asked.
I'd bet an awful lot that it's the same thing with you and any J. Random Satellite. You've met people with profound knowledge, but you are a great communicator who actually has a lot of information to share.
You just need to manage your road coffee better. 😆
-
no problem. In German we have a phrase for this:
Mut zur Lücke!
which can be translated as "courage to leave gaps" - matches perfect to impostor syndrome
@echopapa Oh I really like this! Thank you for sharing
-
@echopapa Oh I really like this! Thank you for sharing
I think you could spend hours imparting your profound knowledge of space exploration and astronomy/astrophysics. If necessary, just elegantly change the subject. And if nothing else works, there are always the cute goats.
-
undefined oblomov@sociale.network shared this topic on