Timeline for The non-traveling mathematician problem
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| Dec 14, 2012 at 5:23 | comment | added | Dima Pasechnik | conferences often do not last for more than a couple of days. So that's really not a big deal. Indeed, for career/job search purposes you might want to give talks at conferences, but you can just come for one day. | |
| Dec 14, 2012 at 5:17 | history | edited | Odysseus |
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| Dec 14, 2012 at 5:15 | comment | added | Odysseus | @Jon Bannon: What do small liberal arts colleges look for, in your experience? | |
| Dec 14, 2012 at 4:57 | comment | added | timur | I think it is more important for you to attend conferences while you are a postdoc (say, in the second half) than after you have a position at a university. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 21:48 | answer | added | Alexandre Eremenko | timeline score: 29 | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 21:30 | answer | added | David White | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 21:23 | comment | added | user9072 | @Jason Polak: you make this sound like it would be a very strange thing. Depending on OPs family situation I could well imagine this being a considerable (practical) problem. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 21:17 | comment | added | user1437 | Even if you go to four conferences a year lasting a week each, which to me seems like a lot, that's four weeks a year....is it too much for you to be away from your family for that long??? | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:46 | comment | added | HJRW | And there are plenty of successful research mathematicians who just don't travel, even during the summer. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:39 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | People tend to travel a bit more over the summer, or when on sabbatical, but as fedja points out, then your family can come with you. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 20:39 | comment | added | Ben Webster♦ | I agree with fedja that "From talking to other mathematicians, I've realized more and more that traveling to conferences a lot is an important part of being a research mathematician. But I don't want a job where I have to be gone from my wife and children on a regular basis" seems like totally bizarre logic unless you really hate traveling. How often do you think research mathematicians go to conferences? Much of the year we have classes to teach and being gone for more than a week or two a semester is more hassle than it's worth. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 19:24 | comment | added | user9072 | Strange user name for somebody that does not want to travel; or, then maybe not :) | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 19:24 | comment | added | fedja | > From talking to other mathematicians, I've realized more and more that traveling to conferences a lot is an important part of being a research mathematician. < Not "a lot". "Occasionally" is more than enough. Besides, it allows you to take your wife and children to places at a fraction of the normal cost. I wouldn't make my decision based just on the travel. Also remember that Kant hardly ever left Konigsberg and it didn't interfere with his career too much. Before listening to anybody who tells you that you must travel to be successful, see if they are a match to the old fellow Immanuel! | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 19:05 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | Sounds to me like you'd be perfect for a good four-year liberal arts college. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 18:52 | history | asked | Odysseus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |