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		croissants on July 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Four Quadrants of Conformism > You don't have to be independent-minded (from the group) to be "average" successful. Quite the opposite. If this is true, then what exactly separates successful faculty from unsuccessful faculty? There are lots of graduate students who want to be faculty, but only a small percentage do. What do you think the distinguishing factor is if not some kind of new ideas?

raverbashing on July 24, 2020 [–]

Conformist or not, resiliency and building relationships still play a part.

Given faculty positions are (very) limited, it seems resiliency might be the most important factor.

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