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- Good For You | FemaleScienceProfessor
What the NSF proposal ratings actually mean: “Good” is bad. This is a great article for first time NSF panelists and those interested in understanding the NSF review process. - Falling Short | FemaleScienceProfessor
FSP comments on her salary inequity with a peer in her department. Lots of lessons here, but one is that negotiation skills are important, especially for women. - Popular U.S. Jobs: Top and Bottom 10 | Real Time Economics
Astronomy is one of the tiniest professions. Among other tiny professions, such as Mathematical Technician and Geographers, we are paid quite well. Turns out there’s a separate category for Physics and Astronomy professors, so these numbers are clearly not spot on….but it’s still interesting to look at the numbers. (via Geoff Clayton) - Five Best Bookmark Management Tools | Lifehacker
Anybody using Weave to sync their Firefox bookmarks? I might give it a try…
Weave is handy, not least because it syncs not only bookmarks but also history, tabs, saved passwords, etc.
I believe that Chrome’s bookmark sync uses XMPP to provide “push” updates, rather than relying on regular polling, which is neat. However, Weave isn’t tied into a Google account, which is nice.
I’m guessing that the salary average for ‘astronomers’ in the WSJ article is not including postdocs???
If there are only 1,240 astronomers in the US, then who were the other 2500 people at the AAS meeting?